Sergei Shchukin

Sergei Shchukin

male, deceased (1936)
Sergei Shchukin, was a Russian businessman who became a collector, mainly of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, following a trip to...
Leo von Klenze

Leo von Klenze

male
Leo von Klenze was a German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer. Court architect of Bavarian King Ludwig I, Leo von Klenze was one of the...
Boris Piotrovsky

Boris Piotrovsky

male
Boris Borisovich Piotrovsky (February 1 (14), 1908, St. Petersburg-October 15, 1990, Leningrad) was a Soviet/Russian academician,...
Konstantin Somov

Konstantin Somov

male, deceased (1939)
Konstantin Andreyevich Somov (Russian: Константин Андреевич Сомов, November 30, 1869 — May 6, 1939) was a Russian artist associated with the "Mir i...
Henri-Edmond Cross

Henri-Edmond Cross

male, deceased (1910)
Henri-Edmond Cross, was a French pointillist painter. Cross was born in Douai and grew up in Lille. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. His e...
Pierre Crozat

Pierre Crozat

male, deceased (1740)
Pierre Crozat (1661-1740) was a French art collector and brother of Antoine Crozat. Crozat was born in Toulouse, France, the son of peasants. He...
Alexandre Benois

Alexandre Benois

male, deceased (1960)
Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois (May 4, 1870, St. Petersburg-February 9, 1960, Paris), was a prominent member of the St. Petersburg artistic...
Mikhail Artamonov

Mikhail Artamonov

male, deceased (1972)
Mikhail Illarionovich Artamonov ((in the village of Vygolovo, Tver guberniya - July 31 1972 in Leningrad) was a Soviet historian and archaeologist,...
Vincenzo Giustiniani

Vincenzo Giustiniani

male, deceased (1637)
Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani (13 September 1564 - 27 December 1637) was an aristocratic Italian banker, art collector and intellectual of the late...
Leon Benois

Leon Benois

male
Leon Benois was a Russian architect, son of Nicholas Benois, brother of Alexandre Benois and grandfather of Sir Peter Ustinov. He built the Roman...