Welcome to the definitive database of Russian and Soviet artists from 18 century to today- the largest database in the world with up to 45000 names included. It covers every professional artist in Russia or the 15 republics of the USSR, who worked in the fields of fine art, graphic art and sculpture. The encyclopedia gathers together hundreds of thousands of pages of information in one place, which exceeds by orders of magnitude anything else available in both print or online
(Слева): Портрет - Василий Шухаев. Масло.
Birth name: Alexander Evgenievich YakovlevBorn: 1887 in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1938 in Paris, France
He is often referred to as Alexandre Jacovleff or Iakovleff. 
(Слева): Слава КПСС
Birth name: Erik Vladimirovich BulatovBorn: 1933 in Moscow, Russia
Lives and works: Paris, France
He is probably one of the most important living artists from Russia and Eastern Europe. 
(Слева): Маска скорби.
Birth name: Ernst Iosifovich NeizvestnyBorn: 1925 in Svedrolovsk, USSR
Lives and works: New York City, USA
His last name in Russian literally means "unknown". 
(Слева): Пейзаж. Масло.
Birth name: Natalia Sergeevna GoncharovaBorn: 1881 in Negaevo, Tula Province, Russia
Died: 1962 in Paris, France
Her great-aunt was Natalia Pushkina, wife of the poet Alexander Pushkin. 
(Слева): Оформление «Азбука Наша жизнь».
Birth name: Ilya Yosifovich KabakovBorn: 1933 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Lives and works: Long Island, USA
He was named by ArtNews as one of the "ten greatest living artists" in 2000. 
(Слева): Автопортрет. Масло.
Birth name: Ilya Yefimovich RepinBorn: 1844 in Chuguyev, Russian Empire
Died: 1930 in Kuokkala, Finland (Russia)
He is in the highest category "1 - an artist of the world fame, tested with time (for no less than a century)" in "United Artists Rating". 
(Слева): Пейзаж. Масло.
Birth name: Isaac Ilyich LevitanBorn: 1860 in Wirballen, Lithuania
Died: 1900 in Moscow, Russia
A minor planet 3566 Levitan, discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova in 1979 is named after him.
(Слева): Утро в сосновом лесу. Масло.
Birth name: Ivan Ivanovich ShishkinBorn: 1832 in Yelabuga, Russia
Died: 1898 in St. Petersburg, Russia
A minor planet 3558 Shishkin, discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova in 1978 is named after him. 
(Слева): Painterly Architectonic.
Birth name: Lyubov Sergeyevna PopovaBorn: 1889 in Ivanovskoe, Russia
Died: 1924 in Moscow, Russia
She died of scarlet fever at the age of only 25 but will be remembered as one of the greatest Russian painters of all time.
(Слева): Из серии 'Exodus'. Масло.
Birth name: Mark Zaharovich ChagallBorn: 1887 in Liozna, Russian Empire
Died: 1985 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
"Chaplin seeks to do in film what I am trying to do in my paintings. He is the only artist today I could get along with without having to say a word." 
(Слева): Автопортрет. Масло.
Birth name: Mikhail Fyodorovich LarionovBorn: 1881 in Tiraspol, Russian Empire
Died: 1964 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
He is in the highest category "1A - a world famous artist" in "United Artists Rating". 
(Слева): Девы Марии. Масло.
Birth name: Mihail Vasilevich NesterovBorn: 1862 in Ufa, Russian Empire
Died: 1942 Moscow, Russia
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(Слева): Белый центр. Масло.
Birth name: Mark RothkoBorn: 1903 in Dvinsk, Russian Empire (Latvia)
Died: 1970 in New York, United States
This is the 12th most expensive painting in the world 
(Слева): Пейзаж. Масло.
Birth name: Svetoslav Nikolaevich RoerichBorn: 1904 in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 1993 in Bangalore, India
During the Second World War, Svetoslav Roerich transferred the funds from paintings’ and exhibitions’ sales to the USSR Red Cross. 
(Слева): ~
Birth name: Wassily Wassilyevich KandinskyBorn: 1866 in Moscow, Russia
Died: 1944 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
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