Nikolay Andreyevich Koshelev was a Russian painter, illustrator and muralist. He specialized in portraits and genre scenes, as well as icon painting.
Portrait by Ivan Kramskoi, 1866
The main dome
Descent from the Cross
Scene from the Life of a Bureaucrat
The St. Petersburg Artel of Artists was a cooperative association (artel) led by Russian artists during 1863–1871. It was founded in Saint Petersburg on the initiative of Ivan Kramskoi following a revolt by fourteen students in the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts.
Group photo, 1863.
Imperial Academy of Arts
Photograph of Ivan Kramskoi with his wife (1863–1864)