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Russian photographers

37 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Aleksandr DeynekaPhotographer · PhotographyAleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka (20 May 1899 – 12 June 1969) was a Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters…
Alexander DrankovPhotographer · PhotographyAlexander Osipovich Drankov (1879–1949) was a Russian and Soviet photographer, cameraman, film director, and film producer.
Alexander RodchenkoDesigner · FashionAleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (Russian: Александр Михайлович Родченко; 5 December [O.S.
Alexander RoinashviliPhotographer · PhotographyAlexander Roinashvili (ალექსანდრე როინაშვილი; also known by his Russified name, Alexander Solomonovich Roinov; 1846–1898) was the first Georgian photographer.
Anna Ostroumova-LebedevaEngraver · PrintsAnna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (17 May 1871 — 5 May 1955) was a Russian draughtsman and painter during the Modernist period, most notable for her watercolor painting.
Arkady ShaikhetPhotographer · PhotographyArkady Samoylovich Shaikhet (12 September 1898 18 November 1959) was a prominent Soviet photojournalist and photographer.
August Matthias HagenEngraver · PrintsAugust Matthias Hagen (23 February 1794 – 2 December 1878) was a Baltic German painter and graphic artist. He specialized in landscapes and cityscapes with figures.
Carl Heinrich StratzPhotographer · PhotographyCarl Heinrich Stratz (14 June 1858 in Odessa – 21 April 1924 in the Hague) was a German-Russian gynecologist who was one of the first to research human growth and development.
David KakabadzeArtist · PaintingsDavit Kakabadze (დავით კაკაბაძე; 20 August 1889 – 10 May 1952) was a leading Georgian avant-garde painter, graphic artist and scenic designer.
El LissitzkyArtist · SculptureEl Lissitzky (born Lazar Markovich Lissitzky; 23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was a Russian and Soviet artist, active as a painter, illustrator, designer, printmaker, photographer, and…
Eugène PluchartPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Self-portrait (date unknown)
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of RussiaPhotographer · PhotographyGrand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (18 April 1890 – 13 December 1958), known as Maria Pavlovna the Younger, was a granddaughter of Alexander II of Russia.
Gueorgui PetroussovPhotographer · PhotographyGeorgy Grigoryevich Petrusov (1903 1971) was a Soviet photographer. His photographs were exhibited at the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow in 2010–2011.
Gustavs KlucisPhotographer · PhotographyGustav Gustavovich Klutsis (Gustavs Klucis; 4 January 1895 – 26 February 1938) was a pioneering Latvian photographer and major member of the Constructivist avant-garde in the early 20th…
Ida KarPhotographer · PhotographyIda Kar (8 April 1908 – 24 December 1974) was a photographer active mainly in London after 1945. She took many black-and-white portraits of artists and writers.
Ilya IlfPhotographer · Photography
Johannes PääsukePerson · Film memorabiliaJohannes Pääsuke (30 March [O.S. 18 March] 1892 – 8 January 1918 [O.S. 27 December 1917]) was an Estonian photographer and filmmaker.
Karl BullaPhotographer · PhotographyCarl Oswald Bulla or Karl Karlovich Bulla (26 February 1855 or 1853 – 28 November 1929) was a German-Russian photographer, often referred to as the "father of Russian photo-reporting".
Khudaibergen DevanovPhotographer · PhotographyKhudaibergen Devanov (Xudoybergan Devonov; 1879—1940) was a pioneering Uzbek photographer, cinematographer, filmmaker and cameraman.
Konstantin PervukhinIllustrator · IllustrationKonstantin Konstantinovich Pervukhin (2 June 1863 – 8 February 1915) was a Ukrainian and Russian Impressionist landscape painter, writer and photographer; associated with the Peredvizhniki.
Leon BarszczewskiAuthor · Maps and atlasesLeon Barszczewski (February 20, 1849 in Warsaw – March 19, 1910 in Częstochowa) was a soldier, topographer, explorer of the Central Asia culture, naturalist, and glaciologer.
Marcin ZaleskiArtist · PaintingsMarcin Zaleski (1796 – 16 September 1877) was a Polish painter, a representative of Neoclassicism, considered the greatest Polish vedutist of the 19th century.
Max AlpertPhotographer · PhotographyMax Vladimirovich Alpert (Russian: Макс Владимирович Альперт; 18 March 1899 – 30 November 1980) was a prominent Soviet photographer who was mostly known for his frontline work during World…
Max PensonPhotographer · PhotographyMax Zakharovich Penson (1893–1959) was a Russian-Jewish photojournalist and photographer of the Soviet Union noted for his photographs of Uzbekistan.
Maya DerenPhotographer · PhotographyMaya Deren (born Eleonora Solomonovna Derenkovskaya; – October 13, 1961) was a Russian-born American experimental filmmaker and important part of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s.
Mieczysław KarłowiczPhotographer · PhotographyMieczysław Karłowicz (11 December 18768 February 1909) was a Polish composer and conductor.
Mikhail PrishvinPhotographer · PhotographyMikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin (4 February 1873 – 16 January 1954) was a Russian and Soviet novelist, prose writer and publicist.
Philippe HalsmanPhotographer · PhotographyPhilippe Halsman (Filips Halsmans; Philipp Halsmann; 2 May 1906 – 25 June 1979) was an American portrait photographer.
Semyon Davidovich KirlianPhotographer · PhotographySemyon Davidovich Kirlian (20 February 1898 – 4 April 1978) was a Soviet inventor and researcher of Armenian descent, who along with his wife Valentina Khrisanfovna Kirlian (1904—1971), a…
Sergei EisensteinPerson · Film memorabiliaSergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist.
Sergei Prokudin-GorskiiPhotographer · PhotographySergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Прокудин-Горский, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ prɐˈkudʲɪn ˈɡorskʲɪj]; August 30 [O.S.
Sergey Lvovich LevitskyPhotographer · PhotographySergei Lvovich Levitsky (–) was a Russian photographer, best known for his portraits.
Stanisław Ignacy WitkiewiczAuthor · BooksStanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (24 February 188518 September 1939), commonly known as Witkacy, was a Polish writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist, and photographer…
Valentina KulaginaDesigner · Modern designValentina Kulagina, full name Valentina Nikiforovna Kulagina-Klutsis (1902–1987) was a Russian painter and book, poster, and exhibition designer.
Vladimir ShukhovPhotographer · PhotographyVladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (– 2 February 1939) was a Russian and Soviet engineer-polymath, scientist and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new methods of analysis for…
Vladislav KlembovskyPhotographer · PhotographyVladislav Napoleonovich (Vladimir Nikolayevich) Klembovsky (28 June 1860 in Moscow Governorate – 19 July 1921) was a Russian military commander during World War I.
Władysław StrzemińskiDesigner · Modern designWładysław Strzemiński (Polish pronunciation; Vladislav Maksimilianovich Strzheminsky; 21 November 1893 – 26 December 1952) was a Polish painter, art theoretician, pedagogue, and soldier.

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