Russian Fine Art

Ivan Aivazovskiy (1817-1900), also known as Haivazovskiy [Hajvazovskij], is the most interesting phenomenon of 19th century art. He gained international fame at the age of 25, was elected a member to five European Academies and was awarded the medal of the French Legion of Honor. Delacroix referred to him in reverence and Turner called him a genius.

Vasiliy Kandinskiy was born in Moscow into a merchant family in 1866. The family moved to Odessa in 1871, where his parents soon divorced. The boy was looked after by his aunt. In Odessa Kandinskiy studied in a classical gymnasium and had private lessons in music, drawing and painting. In 1886 he returned to Moscow to begin studying law and economics at the Moscow University. While a student, in 1889, he was commissioned by the "Society for Natural Science, Ethnography and Anthropology" to go with the research expedition to Vologda city. The strong folk art of northern Russia had the long lasting impression on him, and the results of his trip made an impression on the Society, which chose him their member.

Isaak Ilyich Levitan (1860-1900) was artist - painter, landscape painter, master of a lyrical landscape; teacher at the the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture; representative of realistic school.

He was Russian painter and graphic artist. In epic images he has opened beauty, power and riches of Russian nature. The master of lithograph and etching.

Adolskiy (Odolskiy) Ivan Grigoryevich (1686-1758). Russian portraitist.

Alexander Gavrilovich Afanasyev was the engraver on brass.

Konstantin Yakovlevich Afanasyev was born in 1793.

Ivan Akimovich Akimov (2 June 1754 - 27 May 1814) was the Russian Neoclassical painter who studied under Anton Losenko and then worked in The Saint Petersburg Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, capping off his career as its director in 1794-1800. Akimov may be considered the first art historian in Russia: in 1804 he published a series of biographies of Russian painters.

Alexandrovskiy Stepan Fedorovich was born in 1842. The painter, aquarellist and portraitist.

Alexeev (Syromyanskiy) Nikolay Mikhailovich was born in 1813. The academician of the historical painting and creator of mosaics.

Born in Irkutsk in 1889. Died in the same city in 1938.

Alexey Antropov was born on the 17th March of 1716.

Nikolay Argunov was born in 1771. His father was the famous painter Ivan Argunov. He was the serf of the count P.Sheremetyev as his farther. During his trips abroad P.Sheremetyev was taking the painter with him and Nikolay was able to perfect his skill. P.Sheremetyev granted him freedom later on.

Asknaziy Isaak Lvovich was born in 1856. The historical painter.

Artist, graphic artist, stage designer.

Born in the 1906, village of Batalovo, Altai province in 1906. Died in Saint Petersburg in 1993. Basmanov was a graphic artist.