Elizaveta Nikolaevna Zvantseva | |
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Born | Елизавета Николаевна Званцева 30 November 1864 near Nizhny Novgorod, Russia |
Died | 22 August 1921 Moscow, Russia | (aged 56)
Nationality | Russian |
Other names | Yelizaveta Zvantseva, Jelisaweta Nikolajewna Swanzewa |
Occupation(s) | artist, painter, art instructor |
Years active | 1899–1917 |
Known for | founding 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 .