List of Russian artists

Russian artists

This is a list of artists of the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. 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.

For the full plain list of Russian artists on Wikipedia, see Category:Russian artists.

See also: List of Russian architects, List of Russian inventors, List of Russian explorers, List of Russian language writers, Russian culture

Alphabetical list

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A

Portrait Person
Ivan Aivazovsky
(1817–1900)
 Russian Empire

seascape and landscape painter, portraitist
(portrait by Alexey Tyranov, 1847)
Fedor Alekseev
(1753–1824)
 Russian Empire
cityscape and landscape painter
Nikolay Anokhin
(1966–)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
still life and landscape painter
Evgenia Antipova
(1917–2009)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
portrait, genre, and still life painter
Mark Antokolski
(1843–1902)
 Russian Empire
sculptor
(portrait by Ilya Repin)
Aleksei Antropov
(1716–1795)
Tsardom of Russia
 Russian Empire
painter, portraitist
(self-portrait, 1784)
Ivan Argunov
(1729–1802)
 Russian Empire
painter, portraitist
(self-portrait, end of 1750s)

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Portrait Person
Léon Bakst
(1866–1924)
 Russian Empire
 France
painter, stage and costume designer
(self-portrait, 1893)
Maria Bashkirtseva
(1858–1884)
 Russian Empire
 France
paintress
(self-portrait, 1880)
Nikolai Baskakov
(1918–1993)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
portrait, genre, and landscape painter
Alexandre Benois
(1870–1960)
 Russian Empire
 France
painter, stage designer
(portrait by Leon Bakst, 1898)
Ivan Bilibin
(1876–1942)
 Russian Empire
 France
painter, illustrator, stage designer
(portrait by Boris Kustodiev, 1901)
Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky
(1868–1945)
 Russian Empire
 Latvia
realist painter
(self-portrait, 1915)
Victor Borisov-Musatov
(1870–1905)
 Russian Empire
symbolist painter
(self-portrait with sister, 1898)
Vladimir Borovikovsky
(1757–1825)
 Russian Empire
painter, portraitist
(portrait by Bugaevsky-Blagodatny, a pupil of Borovikovsky)
Alexander Briullov
(1798–1877)
 Russian Empire
(French descent)
neoclassical architect and painter, portraitist
(self-portrait, 1830)
Karl Briullov
(1799–1852)
 Russian Empire
(French descent)
neoclassical painter
(self-portrait, 1848)
Alexey Brodovitch
(1898–1971)
 Russian Empire
 United States
painter, illustrator, graphic designer, photographer
Feodor Bruni
(1799–1875)
 Italy
 Russian Empire
neoclassical painter
(self-portrait, 1810s)

C

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Portrait Person
Marc Chagall
(1887–1985)
 Russian Empire
 France
(Jewish descent)
painter, illustrator, stained glass artist, stage designer, ceramics and tapestries designer
(portrait by Yehuda Pen)
Nikolay Chekhov
(1858–1889)
 Russian Empire
painter, illustrator
Mihail Chemiakin
(1943–)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
 United States
 France
sculptor, painter, stage designer
Pavel Chistyakov
(1832–1919)
 Russian Empire
painter, arts teacher
(portrait by Chistyakov's pupil Ilya Repin)
Peter Clodt
(1805—1867)
 Russian Empire
(Baltic German descent)
sculptor

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Portrait Person
Vasily Demut-Malinovsky
(1779–1846)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical sculptor
Alexander Deyneka
(1899–1969)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
social realist painter, graphic artist, sculptor
Dionisy
(c. 1440–1502)
Grand Duchy of Moscow
medieval frescoe and icon-painter

E

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Portrait Person
Stepan Erzia
(1876–1959)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
 Argentina
Art Nouveau sculptor, woodcut artist
(a lithography by an Argentinian artist)
Mikhail Evstafiev
(1963–)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
avante-garde painter, writer, photographer

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Portrait Person
Peter Carl Fabergé
(1846–1920)
 Russian Empire
(French descent)
jeweler
Étienne Maurice Falconet
(1716–1791)
 Kingdom of France
 Russian Empire
Rococo sculptor
Vladimir Favorsky
(1886–1964)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
graphic designer, woodcut illustrator, stage designer, painter
(1920s photo)
Konstantin Flavitsky
(1830–1866)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical painter
(portrait by Fyodor Bronnikov, 1866)
Pavel Fedotov
(1815–1852)
 Russian Empire
realist painter

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Portrait Person
Naum Gabo
(1890–1977)
 Russian Empire
 Germany
 United Kingdom
constructivist sculptor, kinetic artist
Nikolai Galakhov
(born 1928)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
landscape painter
Nikolai Ge
(1831–1894)
 Russian Empire
history painter, realist, portraitist
(portrait by Nikolai Yaroshenko)
Mikhail Gerasimov
(1907–1970)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
archaeologist, anthropologist, forensic sculptor
Feofan Grek
(c. 1340 – c. 1410)
 Byzantine Empire
Grand Duchy of Moscow
medieval frescoe and icon-painter
Elena Guro
(1877–1913)
 Russian Empire
futurist painter

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Portrait Person
Alexei Harlamov
(1840–1925)
 Russian Empire
 France
painter, portraitist
Viktor Hartmann
(1834–1873)
 Russian Empire
(Volga German descent)
painter, ornamentist, architect, Russian Revival style artist

I

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Portrait Person
Alexander Ivanov
(1806–1858)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical painter
(portrait by Sergey Postnikov)
Sergei Ivanov
(1864–1910)
 Russian Empire
history painter, realist, graphic artist, illustrator
(portrait by O.E. Braz, 1909)
Anton Ivanov-Goluboy
(1818–1863)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical landscape painter

J

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Portrait Person
Valery Jacobi
(1834–1902)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical and realist painter
Alexandre Jacovleff
(1887–1938)
 Russian Empire
 France
neoclassical painter, draughtsman, designer, etcher
(self-portrait Arlecchino and Pierrot,1914)

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Portrait Person
Ilya Kabakov
(1933–)
 Soviet Union
 United States
conceptual installation artist, painter, illustrator
Wassily Kandinsky
(1866–1944)
 Russian Empire
 Germany
 France
abstractionist painter
Mikhail Kaneev
(1923–1983)
 Soviet Union
cityscape and landscape painter
Nikolay Kasatkin
(1859–1930)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
realist painter
Ivan Khrutsky
(1810–1885)
 Russian Empire
(Polish descent)
still life and genre painter, portraitist
(self-portrait, 1883)
Orest Kiprensky
(1782–1836)
 Russian Empire
romantic painter, portraitist
(self-portrait, 1828)
Vyacheslav Klykov
(1939–2006)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
monument sculptor
Sergey Konenkov
(1874–1971)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
sculptor
(portrait by Pavel Korin)
Pavel Korin
(1892–1967)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
history painter, portraitist, art restorer
(1932 photo)
Konstantin Korovin
(1861–1932)
 Russian Empire
 France
impressionist painter
(portrait by Valentin Serov, 1891)
Mikhail Kozlovsky
(1753–1802)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical sculptor
Ivan Kramskoi
(1837–1887)
 Russian Empire
painter, portraitist, arts critic
(self-portrait)
Arkhip Kuindzhi
(1842–1910)
 Russian Empire
(Greek descent)
landscape painter
(portrait by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1869)
Boris Kustodiev
(1878–1927)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
painter, stage designer
(self-portrait, 1912)

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Portrait Person
Mikhail Larionov
(1881–1964)
 Russian Empire
 France
avant-garde painter
(self-portrait, 1910)
Klavdy Lebedev
(1852–1916)
 Russian Empire
history painter

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Aristarkh Lentulov
(1882–1943)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
avant-garde painter
(self-portrait, 1915)
Alexey Leonov
(1934–)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
cosmonaut and painter
Isaac Levitan
(1860–1900)
 Russian Empire
(Jewish descent)
landscape painter
(self-portrait, 1880)
Rafail Levitsky
(1847–1940)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
romantic, genre, impressionist painter, photographer
(portrait by Ilya Repin, 1878)
Dmitry Levitzky
(1735–1822)
 Russian Empire
painter, portraitist
(self-portrait, 1783)
El Lissitzky
(1890–1941)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
avante garde painter, photographer, typographer
(self-photo, 1924)
Mikhail Lomonosov
(1711–1765)
Tsardom of Russia
 Russian Empire
polymath, scientist, writer, artist
(portrait by L. S. Miropol'sky, 1787, after G. Prenner)
Anton Losenko
(1737–1773)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical painter, portraitist

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Portrait Person
Konstantin Makovsky
(1839–1915)
 Russian Empire
history painter, portraitist
(self-portrait, 1856)
Kazimir Malevich
(1878–1935)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
(Polish descent)
suprematist avante-garde painter
(self-portrait, 1912)
Sergey Malyutin
(1859–1937)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
painter, folk artist, architect, portraitist
(self-portrait)
Ivan Martos
(1754–1835)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical scultpor
(portrait by P.O. Rossi, 1813)
Vladimir Mayakovsky
(1878–1930)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
avante-garde poet, playwright and propaganda artist
(1912 photo)
Mikhail Mikeshin
(1835–1896)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical sculptor
(portrait by Ilya Repin, 1888)
Vera Mukhina
(1889–1953)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
sculptress, social realist
(portrait by Mikhail Nesterov, 1940)

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Portrait Person
Ernst Neizvestny
(1925–)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
 United States
sculptor
(left on photo, receiving Order of Honor from Vladimir Putin, 2000)
Mikhail Nesterov
(1862–1942)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
religious symbolist painter, portraitist
(portrait by Viktor Vasnetsov)
Gury Nikitin
(1620-25 – 1691)
Tsardom of Russia
fresco and icon-painter, illustrator
Ivan Nikitin
(1690–1742)
Tsardom of Russia
 Russian Empire
painter, portraitist

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Portrait Person
Alexander Opekushin
(1838–1923)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
monument sculptor, architecture decorator
Boris Orlovsky
(1793–1837)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical monument sculptor
Sergei Osipov
(1915–1985)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
landscape and still life painter

P

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Portrait Person
Leonid Pasternak
(1862–1945)
 Russian Empire
 Germany
 Great Britain
(Jewish descent)
post-impressionist painter, graphic artist, illustrator
(self-portrait with wife Rosa Kaufman, 1927)
Andrew Pavlovsky
(1962–)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
expressionist painter, graphic designer
Vasily Perov
(1834–1882)
 Russian Empire
realist painter
(self-portrait)
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
(1878–1939)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
symbolist painter
Vasily Polenov
(1844–1927)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
llandscape painter, realist
(portrait by Ilya Repin)
Liubov Popova
(1889–1924)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
cubist abstractionist paintress
Vasili Pukirev
(1832–1890)
 Russian Empire
realist painter

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Portrait Person
Charles Radoff
(1894–1986)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
landscape painter, neo-impressionist
Ilya Repin
(1844–1930)
 Russian Empire
 Finland
history painter, realist, portraitist
(self-portrait 1878)
Alexander Rodchenko
(1891–1956)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
avante garde painter, sculptor, photographer, graphic designer
(1923 photo)
Nicholas Roerich
(1874–1947)
 Russian Empire
painter, philosopher, culture scientist, traveler, public figure
(portrait by Svetoslav Roerich, 1944)
Fyodor Rokotov
(1736–1809)
 Russian Empire
painter, portraitist
Andrei Rublev
(c. 1360–1430)
Grand Duchy of Moscow
medieval frescoe and icon-painter
(Russian Icon of St. Andrei Rublev, holding one of his works)
Lev Russov
(1926–1987)
 Soviet Union
portrait, genre, and still life painter
Andrei Ryabushkin
(1861–1904)
 Russian Empire
history painter
(portrait by Vasiliy Mate)

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Portrait Person
Vasily Sadovnikov
(1800–1879)
 Russian Empire
perspective painter
Alexander Samokhvalov
(1894–1971)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union

easel and monumental painter, graphic artist, book illustrator
Bogdan Saltanov
(1626–1703)
Tsardom of Russia
(Armenian descent)
icon-painter, illustrator, portraitist
Konstantin Savitsky
(1844–1905)
 Russian Empire
realist painter
Alexei Savrasov
(1830–1897)
 Russian Empire
lyrical landscape painter
(portrait by Iosif Volkov)
Alexander Semionov
(1922–1984)
 Soviet Union
cityscape and landscape painter
Zinaida Serebriakova
(1884–1967)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
 France
paintress, social realist
(self-portrait At the Dressing-Table, 1909)
Valentin Serov
(1865–1911)
 Russian Empire
impressionist painter, portraitist
(self-portrait, 1880s)
Ivan Shadr
(1887–1941)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
sculptor
(c. 1930s photo)
Silvestr Shchedrin
(1791–1830)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical landscape painter
(self-portrait, 1817)
Taras Shevchenko
(1814–1861)
 Russian Empire
romantic poet and painter
(self-portrait, 1840)
Ivan Shishkin
(1832–1898)
 Russian Empire
landscape painter
(portrait by Ivan Kramskoi, 1880)
Fedot Shubin
(1740–1805)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical sculptor
(self-portrait, here on 1955 Soviet post mark)
Silaeva Nina
(1963)
 Russia
 Soviet Union

painter
Anatolii Ivanovich Sivkov
(1952)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union

easel painter, graphic artist, stage designer
Konstantin Somov
(1869–1939)
 Russian Empire
painter, graphic artist, illustrator, portraitist
(self-portrait, 1898)
Grigory Soroka
(1823–1864)
 Russian Empire
genre painter, portraitist
(self-portrait)
Evgraf Semenovich Sorokin
(1821–1892)
 Russian Empire
painter, professor
Vasily Surikov
(1848–1916)
 Russian Empire
history painter
(self-portrait)

T

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Portrait Person
Nikolai Timkov
(1912–1993)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
landscape painter
Feodor Tolstoy
(1783–1873)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical painter, illustrator, medallion and wax-relief artist
(portrait by Sergey Zaryanko, 1850)
Nikolai Tomsky
(1900–1984)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
monument sculptor
Vasily Tropinin
(1776–1857)
 Russian Empire
romantic painter, portraitist
(self-portrait, 1844)
Zurab Tsereteli
(1934–)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
painter, sculptor, architect
(left on photo with Eunice Kennedy Shriver)

U

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Portrait Person
Grigory Ugryumov
(1764–1823)
 Russian Empire
neoclassical history painter
Yevgeny Ukhnalyov
(1931–)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
painter, illustrator, designer, heraldic artist
Simon Ushakov
(1626–1686)
Tsardom of Russia
icon-painter

V

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Portrait Person
Nina Tokhtaman Valetova
(1958–)
 Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
metaphysical realism, fantasy, and visionary painter
(self-portrait, 2010)
Feodor Vasilyev
(1850–1873)
 Russian Empire
lyrical landscape painter
(self-portrait, 1873)
Apollinary Vasnetsov
(1856–1933)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
history painter, stage designer
(portrait by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1890)
Viktor Vasnetsov
(1848–1926)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
mythology and history painter, Russian Revival style artist
(self-portrait, 1868)
Alexey Venetsianov
(1780–1847)
 Russian Empire
genre painter
(self-portrait, 1810)
Vasily Vereshchagin
(1842–1904)
 Russian Empire
battle painter
Ivan Vishnyakov
(1699–1761)
Tsardom of Russia
 Russian Empire
portraitist
Mikhail Vrubel
(1856–1910)
 Russian Empire
(GermanPolish descent)
symbolist painter
(self-portrait, 1885)
Yevgeny Vuchetich
(1908–1974)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
monument sculptor

W

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Portrait Person
Marianne von Werefkin
(1860–1938)
 Russian Empire
 Switzerland
(German descent)
avante-garde expressionist paintress
(self-portrait, c. 1910)

Y

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Portrait Person
Nikolai Yaroshenko
(1846–1898)
 Russian Empire
realist, genre and landscape painter, portraitist
(self-portrait, 1895)
Konstantin Yuon
(1875–1958)
 Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
painter, stage designer

Z

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Portrait Person
Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets
(1816–1846)
 Russian Empire
painter, portraitist
(self-portrait, 1842)
Karp Zolotaryov
(fl. last quarter of the 17th century)
Tsardom of Russia
icon-painter, interior designer, wood carver
Alexey Zubov
(1682 – c. 1750)
Tsardom of Russia
 Russian Empire
etcher

See also