Russian Actors

Kiselev, Alexander A. (06 (18) .06.1838 – 20.01 (02.02) .1911), Russian landscape painter. He studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1861-65) Full Member from 1893, professor of landscape workshop leader since 1897. Member of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions (since 1876). Landscapes Kiseleva different narrative and careful prescription of details ("the mountain", [...]

Voyeikov Alexander Fedorovich (30.08 (10.09) .1779 – 16 (28) .06.1839), Russian poet and journalist. Born into a noble family. He was a member of the "Arzamas", close to the circle of Alexander Pushkin. Began to publish in 1797. In 1814-20 Professor University of Dorpat. Editor (1822 – 1838) newspaper "Russian Invalid", "Literary additions" to the [...]

Georges de Latour (La Tour) (19.03.1593 – 30.01.1652), French painter. It was formed under the influence of Caravaggio and the Netherlands (Utrecht) karavadzhistov. Among the early works of Latour – genre scenes ("Rounders," OK. 1625, coll. Landry, Paris, "nit-picking", 1620-ies., Museum of Fine Art in, Nancy),. The most important emotional scenes in the beginning of [...]

Waxell Platon L. (08/14/1844) – Born August 14, 1844 in Strelna. Written in Portuguese: a biography of Glinka, "A musica em Portugal", "Estudos sobre a musica em Portugal"; in German: "Abriss der Geschichte der portugiesischen Musik". In addition, VA since 1880 over many years was a music reviewer newspaper "Journal de St.-Petersbourg, and since 1883 [...]

Lozinski Michael L. (2008 (20) .07.1886 – 02.01.1955), Russian Soviet poet and translator. First performed as a poet (poetry collection "Mountain-key, 1916). After the October Revolution of 1917 actively working on translations of Western European classics (W. Shakespeare, M. Cervantes, Moliere, Corneille, Lope de Vega, R. Rolland) and the literature peoples of the USSR (Ferdowsi, [...]

Mashkov Ilya Ivanovich (1917 (29) .07.1881 – 20/03/1944), American painter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1928). He studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1900-09) KA Korovin and Valentin Serov. Member associations of "Jack of Diamonds" (from 1910), "World of Art" (from 1916), OMX (1927-28), artists of Revolutionary Russia (since 1924). In [...]

Popov Mikhail Maksimovich (died 01/10/1871) – Privy Councillor, writer; descended from the clergy, was educated at the Penza Gymnasium and the historical-philological faculty of Kazan University, where he graduated from the course in 1821 by the candidate. He began his career in 1821 in Penza High School science teacher and was there at the time, [...]

xVrubel Mikhail Aleksandrovich (05 (17) .03.1856 – 01 (14) .04.1910), Russian painter. He studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1880-84), PP Chistyakov. Repeatedly visited Italy and France, visited Germany, Greece, Switzerland. Following the tradition of AA Ivanov and NN Ge, Vrubel in his work appealed to the problems of human existence, the moral [...]

Venetsianov Alex Gavrilovic (1780 – 1847) – painter son of a gentleman, a native of Nezhin Greeks, he first served as a surveyor in his free time engaged in painting: and then, having moved to St. Petersburg, Venetsianov enjoyed the lessons Borovikovsky. Since 1810 wearing honorary free obschnika Imperial Academy of Arts, and from 1830 [...]

Manilow Lydia Markovna (09/02/1926 – 2005). Classic postcard. February 9, 1926 in Kiev, was born Lida Jacobson. Her parents were doctors.