hidden Verstovsky, Aleksey Nikolayevich (1799 - 1862), a musician VERSTOVSKY, Aleksey Nikolayevich (1799–1862), composer, theatre worker. He graduated from the University of Railway Engineering in St.Petersburg, at the same time he studied playing the piano (teachers D. Fild and D. Steibelt) and the violin... more

hidden Vitali, Ivan Petrovich (1794-1855), sculptor VITALI, Ivan Petrovich (1794–1855), sculptor, professor at St.Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts (since 1842). His teacher was his father – sculptor Pietro Vitali in A. Triscorni studio and in the Academy (1806-18). Since 1818 he lived and worked... more

hidden Yaroshenko, Nikolay Aleksandrovich (1846-1898), an artist YAROSHENKO, Nikolay Aleksandrovich (1846–1898), an artist. Since the middle of 1850s he lived in St.Petersburg. He graduated from the Fist Military School (1863), Mikhailovsky Artillery College (1865), Mikhailovsky Artillery Academy (1870). ... more

hidden Zabolotsky, Pyotr Yefimovich (1803-1866), an artist ZABOLOTSKY, Pyotr Yefimovich (1803, Tikhvin Town – 1866), artist. He was born in a bourgeois (from other sources – in a peasant) family. In 1826, on A.R. Tomilov’s advice, he entered the St.Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts as an auditor... more

hidden Zenkov, Semyon Nikolayevich (1877-1941), an artist ZENKOV, Semyon Nikolayevich (1877, Lyugovichi Village, Olonets Gubernia; modern Lodeinoye Pole District, Leningrad Oblast – 1941), artist. He was born and brought up in a peasant family. He started to learn painting at Aleksandro-Svirsky Trinity... more