This is a list of Russian artists. In this context, the term "Russian" covers the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities living in Russia. This list also includes those who were born in Russia but later emigrated, and those who were born elsewhere but immigrated to the country and/or worked there for a significant period of time.
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Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900) seascape and landscape painter, portraitist |
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Fyodor Alekseyev (1753–1824) cityscape and landscape painter |
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| Sara Alexandri (1913–1993) still life and landscape painter. |
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Nikolay Anokhin (1966–) still life and landscape painter |
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| Evgenia Antipova (1917–2009) portrait, genre, and still life painter |
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Mark Antokolski (1843–1902) sculptor (portrait by Ilya Repin) |
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Aleksey Antropov (1716–1795) painter, portraitist (self-portrait, 1784) |
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Ivan Argunov (1729–1802) painter, portraitist (self-portrait, end of the 1750s) |
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| Irina Azizyan (1935–2009) landscape painter |
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Léon Bakst (1866–1924) painter, stage and costume designer (self-portrait, 1893) |
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Maria Bashkirtseva (1858–1884) painter (self-portrait, 1880) |
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| Nikolai Baskakov (1918–1993) portrait, genre, and landscape painter |
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Alexandre Benois (1870–1960) painter, stage designer (portrait by Léon Bakst, 1898) |
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| Alexandre Beridze (1975–) Expressive abstraction painter |
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Ivan Bilibin (1876–1942) painter, illustrator, stage designer (portrait by Boris Kustodiev, 1901) |
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Ivan Bogdanov (1855–1932) genre painter (portrait by Leonid Solomatkin) |
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Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky (1868–1945) realist painter (self-portrait, 1915) |
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Alexey Bogolyubov (1824–1896) landscape and seascape painter |
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Victor Borisov-Musatov (1870–1905) symbolist painter (self-portrait with sister, 1898) |
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Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757–1825) painter, portraitist (portrait by Bugaevsky-Blagodatny, a pupil of Borovikovsky) |
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Osip Braz (1873–1936) painter, portraitist |
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Alexander Briullov (1798–1877) neoclassical architect and painter, portraitist (self-portrait, 1830) |
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Karl Bryullov (1799–1852) neoclassical painter (self-portrait, 1848) |
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| Alexey Brodovitch (1898–1971) painter, illustrator, graphic designer, photographer |
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Feodor Bruni (1799–1875) neoclassical painter (self-portrait, 1810s) |
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Misha Brusilovsky (1931–2016) painter (self-portrait, 1998) |
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Marc Chagall (1887–1985) painter, illustrator, stained glass artist, stage designer, ceramics and tapestries designer (portrait by Yehuda Pen) |
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Mikhail Chapiro (1938–) artist, painter |
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Nikolai Chekhov (1858–1889) painter, illustrator |
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Mihail Chemiakin (1943–) sculptor, painter, stage designer |
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Pavel Chistyakov (1832–1919) painter, arts teacher (portrait by Chistyakov's pupil Ilya Repin) |
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Peter Clodt (1805–1867) sculptor |
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Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg (1832–1902) realist painter (portrait by Ivan Kramskoi) |
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Vasily Demut-Malinovsky (1779–1846) neoclassical sculptor |
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| Alexander Deyneka (1899–1969) social realist painter, graphic artist, sculptor |
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| Dionisy (c. 1440–1502) medieval fresco and icon-painter |
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Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky (1838–1898) genre and battle artist (portrait by Ivan Kramskoi) |
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| Alexander Viktorovich Egorov (1967–) Symbolist painter |
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Stepan Erzia (1876–1959) Art Nouveau sculptor, woodcut artist (a lithography by an Argentinian artist) |
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| Andrey Esionov (1963–) portraitist, cityscape painter, graphic artist |
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| Mikhail Evstafiev (1963–) avant-garde painter, writer, photographer |
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Peter Carl Fabergé (1846–1920) jeweler |
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Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716–1791) Rococo sculptor |
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Vladimir Favorsky (1886–1964) graphic designer, woodcut illustrator, stage designer, painter (1920s photo) |
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Pavel Fedotov (1815–1852) realist painter |
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Konstantin Flavitsky (1830–1866) neoclassical painter (portrait by Fyodor Bronnikov, 1866) |
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Longin Frikke (1820–1893) landscape painter |
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Naum Gabo (1890–1977) constructivist sculptor, kinetic artist |
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| Nikolai Galakhov (1928–2022) landscape painter |
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| Fyodor Gavrilov painter |
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Nikolai Ge (1831–1894) history painter, realist, portraitist (portrait by Nikolai Yaroshenko) |
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| Mikhail Gerasimov (1907–1970) archaeologist, anthropologist, forensic sculptor |
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| Ivan Godlevsky (1908–1998)  Soviet Union Russian Federationlandscape painter |
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| Feofan Grek (c. 1340 – c. 1410) medieval fresco and icon-painter |
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Alexander Grigoriev (1891–1961) realist painter, public figure |
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Elena Guro (1877–1913) futurist painter |
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Alexei Harlamov (1840–1925) painter, portraitist |
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Viktor Hartmann (1834–1873) painter, ornamentist, architect, Russian Revival style artist |
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Alexander Ivanov (1806–1858) neoclassical painter (portrait by Sergey Postnikov) |
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Sergei Ivanov (1864–1910) history painter, realist, graphic artist, illustrator (portrait by O.E. Braz, 1909) |
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Mikhail Ivanov (1748–1823) landscape painter, watercolorist (portrait by Yakov Vasilyev, 1818) |
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| Anton Ivanov-Goluboy (1818–1863) neoclassical landscape painter |
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Valery Jacobi (1834–1902) neoclassical and realist painter |
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Alexandre Jacovleff (1887–1938) neoclassical painter, draughtsman, designer, etcher (self-portrait Arlecchino and Pierrot,1914) |
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Ilya Kabakov (1933–2023) conceptual installation artist, painter, illustrator |
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Fyodor Kamensky (1836–1913) sculptor |
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Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) abstractionist painter |
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| Mikhail Kaneev (1923–1983) cityscape and landscape painter |
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Nikolay Kasatkin (1859–1930) realist painter |
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Ivan Khrutsky (1810–1885) still life and genre painter, portraitist (self-portrait, 1883) |
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Orest Kiprensky (1782–1836) romantic painter, portraitist (self-portrait, 1828) |
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| Vyacheslav Klykov (1939–2006) monument sculptor |
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| Boris Kocheishvili (1940–) painter and poet |
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| Stepan Kolesnikoff (1879–1955) landscape painter |
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| Sergei Arksentevich Kolyada (1907–1996) painter, landscape artist, Russian avant-garde, portraitist (Self Portrait, 1934) |
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| Sergey Konenkov (1874–1971) sculptor (portrait by Pavel Korin) |
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Pavel Korin (1892–1967) history painter, portraitist, art restorer (portrait by Mikhail Nesterov) |
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Konstantin Korovin (1861–1932) impressionist painter (portrait by Valentin Serov, 1891) |
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Alexei Korzukhin (1835–1894) genre painter |
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| Nikolai Kuzmin (1938–) impressionist painter |
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Mikhail Kozlovsky (1753–1802) neoclassical sculptor |
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Ivan Kramskoi (1837–1887) painter, portraitist, arts critic (self-portrait) |
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Arkhip Kuindzhi (1842–1910) landscape painter (portrait by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1869) |
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Boris Kustodiev (1878–1927) painter, stage designer (self-portrait, 1912) |
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Gennady Ladyzhensky (1852–1916) landscape painter (Portrait by Nikolai Kuznetsov) |
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Mikhail Larionov (1881–1964) avant-garde painter (self-portrait, 1910) |
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Klavdy Lebedev (1852–1916) history painter |
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Sergei Lednev-Schukin
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Aristarkh Lentulov (1882–1943) avant-garde painter (self-portrait, 1915) |
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Alexei Leonov (1934–2019) cosmonaut and painter |
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Isaac Levitan (1860–1900) landscape painter (self-portrait, 1880) |
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Rafail Levitsky (1847–1940) romantic, genre, impressionist painter, photographer (portrait by Ilya Repin, 1878) |
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Dmitry Levitzky (1735–1822) painter, portraitist (self-portrait, 1783) |
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El Lissitzky (1890–1941) avant-garde painter, photographer, typographer (self-photo, 1924) |
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| Vladimir Lisunov (1940–2000) nonconformist, mystic symbolist painter |
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Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765) polymath, scientist, writer, artist (portrait by L. S. Miropol'sky, 1787, after G. Prenner) |
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| Anton Losenko (1737–1773) neoclassical painter, portraitist |
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Konstantin Makovsky (1839–1915) history painter, portraitist (self-portrait, 1856) |
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Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935) suprematist avant-garde painter (self-portrait, 1912) |
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Sergey Malyutin (1859–1937) painter, folk artist, architect, portraitist (self-portrait) |
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Ivan Martos (1754–1835) neoclassical sculptor (portrait by Alexander Varnek, 1819) |
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| Michael Matusevitch (1929–2007) painter (self-portrait) | ||||
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Vladimir Mayakovsky (1878–1930) avant-garde poet, playwright and propaganda artist (1912 photo) |
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Leonid Mezheritski (1930–2007) painter landscape, still-life, portrait (Self Portrait with Dog, 1968. Art Museum Chernigov, Ukraine) |
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| Yevgeniy Migunov (1921–2004) Illustrator | ||||
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Mikhail Mikeshin (1835–1896) neoclassical sculptor (portrait by Ilya Repin, 1888) |
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Efim Minin (1886–1937) Byelorussian artist and graphic artist of Jewish origin |
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Vera Mukhina (1889–1953) sculptor, social realist (from portrait by Mikhail Nesterov, 1940) |
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Ernst Neizvestny (1925–2016) sculptor (left on photo, receiving Order of Honor from Vladimir Putin, 2000) |
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Mikhail Nesterov (1862–1942) religious symbolist painter, portraitist (portrait by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1926) |
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| Gury Nikitin (1620/25–1691) fresco and icon-painter, illustrator |
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| Ivan Nikitin (1690–1742) painter, portraitist |
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Aleksandr Nikolayev (1897–1957) painter |
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Nina Niss-Goldman (1892–1990) sculptor, painter |
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Igor Novikov (1961–) painter, member of Russian Academy of Arts |
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Alexander Opekushin (1838–1923) monument sculptor, architecture decorator |
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| Boris Orlovsky (1793–1837) neoclassical monument sculptor |
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| Sergei Osipov (1915–1985) landscape and still life painter |
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Andrey Pashkevich (1945–2011) cinematographer, film director & producer, and painter |
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| Gennady Pasko (1940–) impressionist painter |
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Leonid Pasternak (1862–1945) post-impressionist painter, graphic artist, illustrator (self-portrait, 1908) |
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Andrew Pavlovsky (1962–) expressionist painter, graphic designer |
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Vasily Perov (1834–1882) realist painter (self-portrait, 1870) |
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Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878–1939) symbolist painter (self-portrait, 1918) |
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| Ilyas Phaizulline (1950–) classical realist |
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Stepan Pimenov (1784–1833) sculptor (self portrait) |
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Vasily Polenov (1844–1927) landscape painter, realist (portrait by Ilya Repin, 1877) |
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Andrei Popov (1832–1896) realist painter (self-portrait, c.1864) |
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Lyubov Popova (1889–1924) cubist abstractionist painter |
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Vasili Pukirev (1832–1890) realist painter (self-portrait, 1868) |
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| Charles Radoff (1894–1986) landscape painter, neo-impressionist |
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Ilya Repin (1844–1930) history painter, realist, portraitist (self-portrait 1878) |
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Alexander Rodchenko (1891–1956) avant-garde painter, sculptor, photographer, graphic designer (1935 photo) |
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Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947) painter, philosopher, culture scientist, traveler, public figure (portrait by Boris Kustodiev, 1913) |
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| Fyodor Rokotov (1736–1809) painter, portraitist |
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| Andrei Rublev (c. 1360–1430) medieval fresco and icon-painter (Russian Icon of St. Andrei Rublev, holding one of his works) |
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| Alexandra Rozenman (1971–) surreal Russian American painter |
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| Lev Russov (1926–1987) portrait, genre, and still life painter |
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Andrei Ryabushkin (1861–1904) history painter (portrait by Vasiliy Mate) |
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| Vasily Sadovnikov (1800–1879) perspective painter |
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| Alexander Samokhvalov (1894–1971) easel and monumental painter, graphic artist, book illustrator |
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| Bogdan Saltanov (1626–1703) icon-painter, illustrator, portraitist |
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Konstantin Savitsky (1844–1905) realist painter (portrait by Nikolai Grandkovsky, 1902) |
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Alexei Savrasov (1830–1897) lyrical landscape painter (portrait by Iosif Volkov) |
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| Alexander Semionov (1922–1984) cityscape and landscape painter |
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Zinaida Serebriakova (1884–1967) painter, social realist (self-portrait At the Dressing-Table, 1909) |
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Valentin Serov (1865–1911) impressionist painter, portraitist (self-portrait, 1880s) |
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Ivan Shadr (1887–1941) sculptor (c. 1930s photo) |
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Silvestr Shchedrin (1791–1830) neoclassical landscape painter (self-portrait, 1817) |
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| Georgy Shishkin (1948–) painter, portraitist, graphic artist, architect, stamp designer |
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Ivan Shishkin (1832–1898) landscape painter (portrait by Ivan Kramskoi, 1880) |
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Fedot Shubin (1740–1805) neoclassical sculptor (self-portrait, here on 1955 Soviet post mark) |
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Anatolii Ivanovich Sivkov (1952–) easel painter, graphic artist, stage designer |
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Pyotr Sokolov (1791–1848) portraitist (portrait by Vasily Tropinin, 1833) |
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Konstantin Somov (1869–1939) painter, graphic artist, illustrator, portraitist (self-portrait, 1898) |
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Grigory Soroka (1823–1864) genre painter, portraitist (self-portrait) |
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Evgraf Semenovich Sorokin (1821–1892) painter, professor Portrait by Vladimir Makovsky, 1891 |
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Alexei Stepanov (1858–1923) genre painter |
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Alexander Stupin (1776–1861) painter Portrait by Alexander Varnek, 1804 |
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| Rafael Stupin (1798–1860s) painter |
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Vasily Surikov (1848–1916) history painter (self-portrait) |
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| Nikolai Timkov (1912–1993) landscape painter |
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Feodor Tolstoy (1783–1873) neoclassical painter, illustrator, medallion and wax-relief artist (portrait by Sergey Zaryanko, 1850) |
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| Nikolai Tomsky (1900–1984) monument sculptor |
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Vasily Tropinin (1776–1857) romantic painter, portraitist (self-portrait, 1844) |
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Zurab Tsereteli (1934–) painter, sculptor, architect |
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Israel Tsvaygenbaum (1961–) painter |
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| Alexander Tyshler (1898–1980) modernist painter, stage designer |
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Grigory Ugryumov (1764–1823) neoclassical history painter |
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| Yevgeny Ukhnalyov (1931–2015) painter, illustrator, designer, heraldic artist |
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| Simon Ushakov (1626–1686) icon-painter |
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Nina Tokhtaman Valetova (1958–) metaphysical realism, fantasy, and visionary painter |
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Feodor Vasilyev (1850–1873) lyrical landscape painter (self-portrait, 1873) |
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Apollinary Vasnetsov (1856–1933) history painter, stage designer (portrait by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1890) |
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Viktor Vasnetsov (1848–1926) mythology and history painter, Russian Revival style artist (self-portrait, 1868) |
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Alexey Venetsianov (1780–1847) genre painter (self-portrait, 1810) |
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Vasily Vereshchagin (1842–1904) battle painter |
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Pyotr Vereshchagin (1834–1886) landscape and cityscape painter |
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| Ivan Vishnyakov (1699–1761) portraitist |
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Adrian Volkov (1827–1873) genre painter (self-portrait, 1868) |
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Ekaterina Vorona (1975–) painter |
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Mikhail Vrubel (1856–1910) symbolist painter (self-portrait, 1885) |
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Yevgeny Vuchetich (1908–1974) monument sculptor |
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Marianne von Werefkin (1860–1938) avant-garde expressionist painter (self-portrait, c. 1910) |
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Constantin Alexandrovich Westchiloff (1875–1945) impressionist painter |
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Nikolai Yaroshenko (1846–1898) realist, genre and landscape painter, portraitist (self-portrait, 1895) |
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Konstantin Yuon (1875–1958) painter, stage designer (self-portrait, 1912) |
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Nikolai Zagorsky (1849–1893) genre painter |
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Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets (1816–1846) painter, portraitist (self-portrait, 1842) |
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| Karp Zolotaryov (fl. last quarter of the 17th century) icon-painter, interior designer, wood carver |
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| Alexey Zubov (1682 – c. 1750) etcher |
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