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                                                        Alexeev F.Y. (1753/55-1824), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        ALEXEEV Fedor Yakovlevich (between 1753 and 1755, St. Petersburg - 1824), painter, watercolourist. He was a student of the Academy of Arts in 1766-73 and its retainer in Venice in 1773-77 where he mastered theatre painting. Upon his return to St
                                             
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                                                        Anikushin M.K., (1917-1997), sculptor 
                                                                           
                         
                        ANIKUSHIN Mikhail Konstantinovich (1917, St. Petersburg-1997). Full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, People's Artist of the USSR (1963), chairman of the management board for Leningrad Department of the Union of Artists (1962-72, 1986-90)
                                             
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                                                        Anisfeld Boris Izrailevich (1878-1973), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        ANISFELD Boris Izrailevich (1878-1973), painter and scenic designer. He studied at the Odessa School of Art (1895-1900) and St. Petersburg's Imperial Academy of Fine Arts (1901-09) under Ilya Repin and Kardovsky (1901-09)
                                             
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                                                        Antokolsky M.M., (1843-1902), sculptor 
                                                                           
                         
                        ANTOKOLSKY Mark Matveevich (1843-1902), sculptor. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1862-71, in Italy from 1871 to 1877, and in Paris from 1877. Studied at the Academy of Arts under N.S. Pimenova (1862-68; academician since 1871)
                                             
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                                                        Arefyev А.D. (1931-1978), painter 
                                                                           
                         
                        AREFYEV Alexander Dmitrievich (1931-1978), painter. Lived in Leningrad from his childhood, he studied in a secondary drawing school in 1942-49, expelled from the ninth grade for formalism, studied at the Medical Institute in 1950-53
                                             
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                                                        Art Galleries (entry) 
                                                                           
                         
                        ART GALLERIES. The first art galleries were public, cooperative and private companies that appeared in Leningrad in the mid-1980s. They disrupted the monopoly of state organizations and the Union of Artists on exhibition activity
                                             
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                                                        Artel of Artists 
                                                                           
                         
                        ARTEL OF ARTISTS (St. Petersburg Artel of Artists), the first ideological association of democratically-minded Russian artists. Founded in 1863 on I. N. Kramskoy's initiative by participants of the so-called Revolt of 14 - graduating students of the
                                             
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                                                        Artistic Unions (entry) 
                                                                           
                         
                        ARTISTIC UNIONS are unions of artists organized for the purposes of establishing joint ideas and aesthetic programmes, developing professional activity, maintaining educational and promotional efforts and charity
                                             
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                                                        Association of Artists 
                                                                           
                         
                        ASSOCIATION OF ARTISTS, an artistic union was established by a group of former members of the St. Petersburg Society of Artists in 1904. The Charter was approved in 1906
                                             
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                                                        Bakst L.S., (1866-1924), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        BAKST (Rosenberg) Lev Samoilovich (1866-1924), painter, graphic artist, and stage designer. He was an irregular student at the Academy of Arts in 1883-87 and private academies in Paris in 1890s. He became a member of the Academy of Arts in 1914
                                             
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                                                        Beggrow Alexander Carlovich (1841-1914), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        BEGGROW Alexander Carlovich (1841, St. Petersburg - 1914, Gatchina), artist. The son of Carl Beggrow, Alexander studied at the Engineering and Artillery Schools (1853-1863); and in Academy of Arts under Mikhail Klodt (1873, an academic since 1899
                                             
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                                                        Beggrow C. P. (1799-1875), Artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        BEGGROW Carl Petrovich (1799 - 1875, St. Petersburg) lithographer and artist. He is a father of A. C. Beggrow. Studied at the Academy of Arts under M. N. Vorobyev (1818-21; a member of the Academy from 1832)
                                             
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                                                        Benois Albert N. (1852-1936), architect, artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        Benois Albert Nikolaevich (1852, St. Petersburg - 1936), aquarellist and architect. The son of N. L. Benois, brother of Alexander N. Benois. In 1871-77, he studied at the Architectural Department of the Academy of Fine Arts
                                             
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                                                        Benois А.N., (1870-1960), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        BENOIS Alexander Nikolaevich (1870, St. Petersburg – 1960), painter, graphic artist, stage designer, art historian and critic. Son of N. L. Benois. He studied in K. I
                                             
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                                                        Bernstam Leopold-Bernhard (1859-1939), sculptor 
                                                                           
                         
                        BERNSTAM Leopold-Bernhard (Leopold Adolfovich) (1859-1939), sculptor. He lived in St. Petersburg in 1872-85. He studied under David Jensen at the Drawing School of Artists Encouragement Fund and in the Academy of Arts (an external student in
                                             
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                                                        Borovikovsky V.L. (1757-1825), painter 
                                                                           
                         
                        BOROVIKOVSKY Vladimir Lukich (1757-1825, St. Petersburg), painter. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1788. He was a student of D. G. Levitsky and I. B. Lampi the Elder from 1792. A member of the Academy of Arts from 1795 and an advisor from 1802
                                             
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                                                        Braz Osip Emmanuilovich (1873-1936), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        BRAZ Osip Emmanuilovich (1873-1936), artist. He graduated from the Odessa Art School (1890), and studied under Sandor Kholloshi in Munich (1891-94) and under Ilya Repin in the Academy of Arts (1895-96)
                                             
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                                                        Brodsky I.I. (1883 (1884 New Style)-1939), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        BRODSKY Isaak Izrailevich (1883-1939, Leningrad), painter, Ph.D. (Arts History) 1939, honoured art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1932
                                             
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                                                        Bruni F.А., (1799-1875), painter 
                                                                           
                         
                        BRUNI Fedor (Fidelis) Antonovich (1799-1875, St. Petersburg), painter. Studied under A. I. Ivanov, A. E. Egorov, and V. K. Shebuev at the Academy of Arts in 1809-18
                                             
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                                                        Bryullov K.P. (1799-1852), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        BRYULLOV Karl Pavlovich (1799, St. Petersburg - 1852), painter. A. P. Bryullov’s brother. He studied under A. I. Ivanov, A. E. Egorov, and V. K. Shebuev in the Academy of Arts in 1809-21
                                             
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                                                        Chekhonin S.V. (1878-1936), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        CHEKHONIN Sergey Vasilievich (1878-1936), painter and graphic artist. He did his studies at the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts (1896-97) and at Princess M.K. Tenisheva's school under I.E. Repin (1897-1900)
                                             
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                                                        Chistyakov P.P., (1832-1919), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        CHISTYAKOV Pavel Petrovich (1832-1919, Detskoe Selo), painter and teacher of art. He studied at the Academy of Arts (1849-64) under P.V. Basin. From 1862 to 1870 he was a retainer of the Academy of Arts in Paris and Rome
                                             
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                                                        Commune of Artists 
                                                                           
                         
                        COMMUNE OF ARTISTS, art association. Founded in 1910 by graduates of the Academy of Arts, including S. A. Vlasov, D. G. Okroyants, N. V. Kharitonov, and I. M. Schlugleit, with the participation of I. E. Repin, honorary chairman from 1915
                                             
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                                                        Demut-Malinovsky V.I., (1779-1846), sculptor 
                                                                           
                         
                        DEMUT-MALINOVSKY Vasily Ivanovich (1779 - 1846, St. Petersburg), sculptor. Studied at the Academy of Arts (1785-1800) under M.I. Kozlovsky, and received a retainer from the Academy of Arts to study in Rome (1803-06)
                                             
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                                                        Dobuzhinsky M.V. (1875-1957), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        DOBUZHINSKY Mstislav Valeryanovich (1875-1957), graphic artist, painter and stage designer. He studied in the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts in 1884-85, A
                                             
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                                                        Dow George, (1781-1829), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        DOW George (1781-1829), an English painter, honorary associate of the Academy of Arts from 1820. He studied under T. Lawrence in the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 1796 to 1810. Invited by Emperor Alexander I, he lived in St
                                             
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                                                        Dyagilev S.P., (1872-1929), worker of theatre and arts 
                                                                           
                         
                        DYAGILEV Sergey Pavlovich (1872-1929), theatrical and artistic figure, publisher and critic. He lived in St. Petersbrug from 1890. Graduated from Petersburg University with a major in law in 1896
                                             
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                                                        Falconet E. M., (1716-1791), sculptor 
                                                                           
                         
                        FALCONET Etienne Maurice (1716-1791), sculptor. He studied sculpture under J. B. Le Moin in Paris in 1734-44. He was the director of the Sevres Porcelain Factory in 1757-66
                                             
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                                                        Fedotov P.A., (1815-1852), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        FEDOTOV Pavel Andreevich (1815-1852, St. Petersburg), painter and graphic artist, fellow of the Academy of Arts (1848). A graduate from the First Moscow Cadet Corps, he rendered his service at the Finlyandsky Life Guards Regiment in St
                                             
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                                                        Galaktionov S.F., (1779-1854), artist 
                                                                           
                         
                        GALAKTIONOV Stepan Filippovich (1779, St. Petersburg - 1854), graphic artist. He studied under M. M. Ivanov and S. F. Shchedrin in the Academy of Arts in 1785-1800 and taught engraving in 1817-54. A professor of the Academy of Arts from 1831
                                             
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