Curated category
19th-century painters from the Russian Empire
- Dmitry LevitzkyDmitry Grigoryevich Levitzky entered the world in May 1735 within the city of Kiev. His father served as a priest and worked as an amateur painter and…
- Ivan ArgunovIvan Petrovich Argunov entered the world in 1729 as a serf bound to the Counts Sheremetev. He grew up within the household of his uncle, Semyon Mikhaylovich…
- Alexander Andreyevich IvanovAlexander Andreyevich Ivanov entered the Imperial Academy of Arts at age 11. He studied alongside Karl Briullov under his father's course.
- Ilya RepinIlya Yefimovich Repin was born on the 5th of August 1844 in the town of Chuguev, then part of the Russian Empire. His father, Yefim Vasilyevich Repin, had…
- Kazimir MalevichKazimir Severinovich Malevich was born on the 11th of February 1879 in Kiev, a city that now belongs to Ukraine. His parents were ethnic Poles who had fled…
- Karl BryullovKarl Bryullov entered the world on the 12th of December 1799 in St. Petersburg. His father Pavel Ivanovich Briullo served as an academician, woodcarver, and…
- Natalia GoncharovaNatalia Sergeevna Goncharova entered the world on the 3rd of July 1881 in the village of Nagaevo. This rural location now sits within the Chernsky District…
- Mikhail VrubelMikhail Vrubel was born on the 17th of March 1856 in Omsk. His father Alexander served as a desk officer for the 2nd Steppe Siberian Corps during that time.
- Vladimir BorovikovskyVladimir Lukich Borovikovsky entered the world on the 24th of July 1757 in Mirgorod. This town sat within the Cossack Hetmanate of the Russian Empire.
- Ivan AivazovskyIvan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky entered the world on the 29th of July 1817 in the Black Sea port of Feodosia. His baptismal records at St.