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====Painters==== {{main|Russian artists}} *[[Ivan Aivazovsky]], author of ''[[The Ninth Wave]]'' and over 6000 paintings, mostly [[seascape]]s[[File:Aivazovsky portrait by Tyranov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Ivan Aivazovsky]]]] *[[Fyodor Alekseyev]], prominent [[landscapist]], "the Russian [[Canaletto]]" *[[Ivan Argunov]], major 18th-century portraitist *[[Léon Bakst]], stage and costume designer for the [[Ballets Russes]], author of the ''[[:File:Terror Antiquus by L.Bakst (1908).jpg|Terror Antiquus]]'' *[[Alexandre Benois]], artist and art critic, influential stage designer, author of the celebrated illustrations to [[Pushkin]]'s ''[[Bronze Horseman]]'' *[[Ivan Bilibin]], painter and stage designer, famous for illustrations of [[Slavic mythology]] and [[Set construction|set]]s for [[Russian fairy tale]]-based [[Russian opera]]s *[[Alexey Bogolyubov]], landscape and seascape painter *[[Victor Borisov-Musatov]], [[Post-Impressionist]] painter, creator of ''Russian Symbolism'' *[[Vladimir Borovikovsky]], famous portraitist at the turn of the 19th century [[File:Yury Pen - Portrait of Marc Chagall.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Marc Chagall]]]] *[[Karl Briullov]], neoclassical painter, author of ''[[The Last Day of Pompeii]]'' *[[Marc Chagall]], [[polymath]]-artist, pioneer of [[modernism]] and [[figurative art]], author of famous [[stained glass]]es *[[Pavel Chistyakov]], history and portrait painter, tutor of many celebrated artists *[[Alexander Deyneka]], master of [[socialist realism]], author of the mosaics at [[Mayakovskaya (Moscow Metro)]] *[[Dionisy]], medieval [[icon painter]], [[fresco]]es in the [[Ferapontov Monastery]] *Julia Dolgorukova, painter, landscapist, famous for works on stage, costume designer and new synthetic technologies in painting [[File:Юлия Долгорукова.jpg|thumb|90px|Julia Dolgorukova]] *[[Andrey Esionov]], painter *[[Vladimir Favorsky]], graphic artist, famous for [[woodcut]] illustrations of classic books *[[Pavel Fedotov]], realist painter, "the Russian [[W. Hogarth|Hogarth]]" *[[Nikolai Ge]], realist painter, famous for works on historical and religious motifs[[File:Vassily-Kandinsky.jpeg|thumb|90px|[[Wassily Kandinsky]]]] *[[Feofan Grek]], medieval [[fresco]] and icon-painter in [[Byzantine Empire]] and Russia *[[A. A. Ivanov|Alexander Ivanov]], neoclassical painter, author of ''[[:File:Alexander Andrejewitsch Iwanow - The Appearance of Christ before the People.jpg|The Appearance of Christ before the People]]'' *[[Ivanov (painter)|Sergey Ivanov]], author of famous illustrations of [[Russian history]] *[[Wassily Kandinsky]], inventor of pure [[abstract art]], founder of [[Der Blaue Reiter]] *[[Orest Kiprensky]], romantic painter and portraitist *[[Konstantin Korovin]], leading Russian [[Impressionist]] painter *[[Ivan Kramskoi]], painter and art critic, author of the ''[[:File:Kramskoi Christ dans le désert.jpg|Christ in the Desert]]'' and the ''[[:File:Kramskoy Portrait of a Woman.jpg|Unknown Woman]]''[[File:Kustodiev self portrait.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Boris Kustodiev]]]] *[[Boris Kustodiev]], author of famous portraits, holiday scenes and "Kustodiev's women" (''[[:File:Kustodiev Merchants Wife.jpg|The Merchant's Wife]]'', ''[[:File:Bathing. Kustodiev.jpg|Bathing]]'', ''[[:File:Kustodiev russian venus.jpg|The Russian Venus]]'') *[[Mikhail Larionov]], [[avant-garde]] painter, inventor of [[rayonism]] *[[Alexei Leonov]], cosmonaut and painter, made some of his works in [[outer space]] *[[Isaac Levitan]], landscapist, author of the ''[[:File:Levitan nad vech pok28.jpg|Over Eternal Peace]]'' *[[Rafail Sergeevich Levitsky]], Peredvizhniki artist and court photographer to the Romanov dynasty *[[El Lissitzky]], [[avant-garde]] painter, typographer, author of ''[[:File:Artwork by El Lissitzky 1919.jpg|Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge]]''[[File:Self-Portrait (1908 or 1910-1911).jpg|thumb|90px|[[Kazimir Malevich]]]] *[[Konstantin Makovsky]], famous for idealized history paintings *[[Kazimir Malevich]], inventor of [[suprematism]], author of the ''[[:File:Malevich.black-square.jpg|Black Square]]'' *[[Sergey Malyutin]], painter and folk artist, designed the first [[matryoshka doll]] *[[Vladimir Mayakovsky]], [[futurism|futurist]] poet and [[propaganda]] artist, author of the [[Rosta Windows]] [[agitprop]] *[[Sergey Miloradovich]], historical painter *[[Mikhail Nesterov]], religious symbolist painter, portraitist, author of ''[[The Vision of the Youth Bartholomew]]'' *[[Ivan Nikitin (painter)|Ivan Nikitin]], famous [[Pyotr I|Petrine]] era portraitist[[File:REPIN portret REPIN.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Ilya Repin]]]] *[[Vasily Perov]], realist painter, author of the ''[[:File:Тройка - Василий Григорьевич Перов (1866).jpg|Troika]]'' and ''[[:File:Wassilij Grigorjewitsch Perow 004.jpg|The Hunters at Rest]]'' *[[Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin]], symbolist painter, author of the ''[[:File:Bathing of a Red Horse Petrov-Vodkin.jpg|Bathing of a Red Horse]]'' *[[Vasily Polenov]], landscape painter, author of ''[[:File:Wassilij Dimitriewitsch Polenow 003.jpg|A courtyard in Moscow]]'' and ''[[:File:Wassilij Dimitriewitsch Polenow 001.jpg|Grandma's garden]]'' *[[Ilya Repin]], archetypical Russian painter, famous for his portraits and history scenes, author of the ''[[Barge Haulers on the Volga]]'' and the ''[[Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks]]'' *[[Alexander Rodchenko]], [[avant-garde]] artist, graphic designer and [[constructivist painter]] *[[Nicholas Roerich]], artist, scientist, traveler, public figure, initiator of the international [[Roerich Pact]], author of over 7000 paintings[[File:N Roerich.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Nicholas Roerich]]]] *[[Andrei Rublev]], most famous Russian [[Russian icons|icon-painter]], author of the ''[[Trinity (Andrei Rublev)|Trinity]]'' *[[Andrei Ryabushkin]], history painter, works devoted mostly to 17th-century Russia *[[Alexei Savrasov]], [[landscape painter]], creator of the ''lyrical landscape'' style *[[Zinaida Serebriakova]], the most prolific woman painter of Russia, famous for female portraits and [[nudity in art|nudes]] *[[Valentin Serov]], [[impressionist]] painter, portraitist, author of ''[[Girl with Peaches|The Girl with Peaches]]'' and ''[[:File:Serov — The Rape of Europe.jpg|The Kidnapping of Europe]]'' *[[Taras Shevchenko]], romantic poet and painter *[[Ivan Shishkin]], author of the most celebrated Russian landscapes: the ''[[Morning in a Pine Forest]]'', ''[[:File:Ivan Shishkin - Рожь - Google Art Project.jpg|Rye Fields]]'', the ''[[:File:Shishkin DozVDubLesu 114.jpg|Rain in an Oak Forest]]'' *[[Konstantin Somov]], prominent [[Russian literature]] illustrator *[[Vasily Surikov]], author the famous [[Russian history]] paintings ''[[:File:Surikov streltsi.jpg|The Morning of Streltsy's Execution]]'', ''[[:File:Surikov morozova.jpg|Boyarynya Morozova]]'', ''[[:File:Suvorov crossing the alps.jpg|The March of Suvorov through the Alps]]'' *[[Vasily Tropinin]], romantic and realist portraitist *[[Israel Tsvaygenbaum]], painter [[File:IsraelTsvaygenbaum.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Israel Tsvaygenbaum]]]] *[[Simon Ushakov]], prolific late 17th-century [[icon painter]], ''[[:File:Ushakov Nerukotvorniy.jpg|Saviour Not Made by Hands]]'' *[[Feodor Vasilyev]], lyrical landscape painter *[[Apollinary Vasnetsov]], [[Russian history]] illustrator, many works devoted to Moscow *[[Viktor Vasnetsov]], famous for Russian history and [[Slavic mythology]] images, inventor of [[budenovka]], author of the ''[[:File:Vasnetsov samolet.jpg|Flying Carpet]]'', ''[[:File:Vasnetsov Ioann 4.jpg|Tsar Ivan The Terrible]]'', the ''[[:File:Die drei Bogatyr.jpg|Bogatyrs]]'' *[[Alexey Venetsianov]], prominent genre painter, founder of the "Venetsianov school"[[File:Serebryakova SefPortrait.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Zinaida Serebriakova]]]] *[[Vasily Vereshchagin]], battle painter, author of ''[[:File:Apotheosis.jpg|The Apotheosis of War]]'' and the ''[[:File:Vereshchagin-Blowing from Guns in British India.jpg|Blowing from Guns in British India]]'' *[[Romanov Viktor]] (born 1959), painter *[[Mikhail Vrubel]], leader of the ''Russian Symbolism'', author of ''[[:File:Vrubel Demon.jpg|The Demon Sitting]]'' and ''[[:File:Swan princess.jpg|The Swan Princess]]'' *[[Nikolai Yaroshenko]], realist genre painter and portraitist *[[Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets]], portrait painter of [[Chechen people|Chechen]] origin *[[Leon Zernitsky]], illustrator and artist *[[Karp Zolotaryov]], late 17th-century [[Russian icons|icon painter]], notable for realistic style
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