Elizaveta Zvantseva

Elizaveta Nikolaevna Zvantseva
Portrait of Elizaveta Zvantseva by Ilya Repin
Born
Елизавета Николаевна Званцева

(1864-11-30)30 November 1864
near Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died22 August 1921(1921-08-22) (aged 56)
Moscow, Russia
NationalityRussian
Other namesYelizaveta Zvantseva, Jelisaweta Nikolajewna Swanzewa
Occupation(s)artist, painter, art instructor
Years active1899–1917
Known forfounding the Zvantseva School of Drawing and Painting

Elizaveta Nikolaevna Zvantseva (Russian: Елизавета Николаевна Званцева 18 November 1864 OS/30 November 1864 (N. S.)–22 August 1921) was a Russian painter and art instructor who founded "the most progressive art school in pre-1917 Russia". Among alumni of the school were Marc Chagall, Elena Guro, and Margarita Woloschin [de].