42 Russian watercolorists

Taisia Kirillovna Afonina was a Soviet, Russian painter and watercolorist. She lived and worked in Leningrad, was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, and is regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.

Stepan Fyodorovich Alexandrovsky (Russian: Степан Фёдорович Александровский; was a Russian portrait painter and watercolorist.

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova was a Russian Soviet painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and Art teacher, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg and regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting.

Albert Nikolayevitch Benois was a Russian painter and art teacher who specialized in watercolor landscapes.

Nikolay Alexandrovich Bestuzhev (Russian: Николай Александрович Бестужев; was a Russian Navy officer, writer, inventor and portrait artist; associated with the Decembrist revolt.

Alexander Pavlovich Brullov was a Russian artist associated with Russian Neoclassicism.

Piotr Dmitrievich Buchkin was a Soviet and Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator, and art teacher, Honored Arts Worker of the RSFSR. Buchkin lived and worked in Leningrad and was a member and one of the founders of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation and representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his portrait painting.

Yevgeny Ivanovich Charushin was a Russian illustrator and author of children's literature in the Soviet Union.

Ivan Ivanovich Chmutov was a Russian painter in several genres; notably historical and religious scenes.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters of the first half of the 20th century. His Collective Farmer on a Bicycle (1935) has been described as exemplifying the Socialist Realist style.

Rudolf Rudolfovich Frentz was a Soviet and Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator and art teacher who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and one of the founders of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his battle and monumental painting.

Sergei Kuzmich Frolov was a Soviet, Russian realist painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. He was regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting.

Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov was a Russian painter who adhered to the waning tradition of Neoclassicism but found little sympathy with his contemporaries. He was born and died in St. Petersburg. He has been called the master of one work, for it took 20 years to complete his magnum opus The Appearance of Christ Before the People.

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art school. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship at the University of Dorpat —Kandinsky began painting studies at the age of 30.

Constantin Kousnetzoff, or Konstantin Pavlovich Kuznetsov ; was a Russian painter who spent most of his career in France; known primarily for his landscapes, cityscapes and Symbolist watercolors.

Simon Leonidovitch Kozhin is a contemporary Russian artist. His art varies among genres, such as landscapes, portraits, still life, and historical photography. He also has an excellent knowledge of oil, tempera, and watercolor painting. He paints scenery whilst traveling the world, so there are a series of works such as England, Ireland, Malta, Turkey, Switzerland and others. He also painted a series of works devoted to Russia's war with Napoleon in 1812.

Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev was a Russian and Soviet painter and stage designer.

Lazar Markovich Lissitzky, known as El Lissitzky, was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian avant-garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the Soviet Union. His work greatly influenced the Bauhaus and constructivist movements, and he experimented with production techniques and stylistic devices that would go on to dominate 20th-century graphic design.

Gavriil Kondratievich Malish was a Soviet, Russian painter, watercolorist, and graphic artist, lived and worked in Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his decorative still lifes and landscapes.

Samuil Grigorievich Nevelshtein - Soviet, Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most known for his portraits of children and youth.

J. Pavlikevitch was a watercolor painter, putatively of Russian origin, who was active in Istanbul, Turkey, in the early decades of the 20th century.

Kuzma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin, Russian: Кузьма Сергеевич Петров-Водкин was a Russian/Soviet painter. His early iconographic work used special creative effects based on the curve of the globe, but its images were considered blasphemous by the Russian Orthodox Church. However he went on to become the first president of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. His autobiographical writings attracted much praise, and have enjoyed a later revival.

Arkady Alexandrovich Plastov was a Russian socialist realist painter.

Olga Vladimirovna Rozanova was a Russian avant-garde artist painting in the styles of Suprematism, Neo-Primitivism, and Cubo-Futurism.

Salavat Magomedovich Salavatov was a Russian and Soviet landscape painter and book illustrator. He has been given the title of Honored Artists of the RSFSR and People's Artist of Dagestan. Salavatov illustrated more than 100 books. In 2006, an art gallery in one of Moscow's secondary schools was named in his honor. In 2017, a memorial plate was installed in memory of Salavatov in Makhachkala.

Alexander Nikolayevich Samokhvalov was a Soviet Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator, art teacher and Honored Arts Worker of the RSFSR, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation, and was regarded as one of the founders and brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his genre and portrait painting.

Elena Petrovna Skuin was a Soviet, Russian – Latvian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for her still life painting.

Alexander Petrovich Sokolov was a Russian portrait painter in the Academic style. His brothers, Pyotr and Pavel were also well-known artists.

Pyotr Fyodorovich Sokolov was a Russian aquarelle portraitist who painted many of the most distinguished figures of the Pushkin era. He was the father of the painters Pyotr Sokolov, Pavel Sokolov and Alexander Sokolov.

Sergey Sergeyevich Solomko was a Russian painter, watercolorist, illustrator and designer.

Konstantin Andreyevich Somov was a Russian artist associated with the Mir iskusstva. Born into a family of a major art historian and Hermitage Museum curator Andrey Ivanovich Somov, he became interested in 18th-century art and music at an early age.

Dmitry Mikhailovich Strukov was a Russian painter, art restorer and archaeologist.

Vasily Ivanovich Surikov was a Russian Realist history painter. Many of his works have become familiar to the general public through their use as illustrations.

Victor Kuzmich Teterin was a Russian painter, watercolorist, and art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad is regarded as one of the important representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.

Herman Travnikov - Soviet and Russian artist having the highest title of the Russian Federation in

Vitaly Ivanovich Tulenev was a Soviet Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, art teacher, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, lived and worked in Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the "left" wing of the Leningrad school of painting.

Konstantin Andreyevich Ukhtomsky (Russian: Константин Андреевич Ухтомский; was a Russian painter and architect, known for his interior portraits. His father was the master copper engraver, Andrei Ukhtomsky.

Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov was a Russian painter and graphic artist whose elder brother was the more famous Viktor Vasnetsov. He specialized in scenes from the medieval history of Moscow.

Mikhail Vrubel – a 19th–20th century Russian painter who worked in all genres of art, including painting, graphics, decorative sculpture, and theatrical art. In 1896, Vrubel married the famous singer Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel whom he regularly painted.

Sergey Ivanovich Yendogurov was a Russian landscape painter and watercolorist in the Neo-Classical style. His brother, Ivan, was also a well-known landscape painter.

Sergei Yefimovich Zakharov was a Russian Soviet painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and interior designer, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, and regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting and graphics, most famous for his watercolors of fruits and flowers.

Maria Abramovna (Avraamovna) Zubreeva was a Russian Soviet realist painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and designer, who lived and worked in Leningrad. She was regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.