Argunov - family of

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s Sheremetev. They worked in

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and in Sheremetev's mansions ( Kuskovo, Ostankino, etc.), and also in

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. *Fedor Leontyevich Argunov (1716-1754) - the

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. *Fedor Semenovich Argunov (about 1732 - 1768) - the cousin of painter I. P. Argunov. He probably studied at S. I. Chevakinski in

. He participated in construction of a house of Sheremetev on

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(1750-1755) and lived in

. He was the author of the project of a Kitchen wing (1755),

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(1755 - 1775),

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(presumably, 1761-1762) and other constructions in style of a

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Kuskovo. * Ivan Petrovich Argunov (1729 - 1802) - the painter, one of

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s of a chamber

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(portraits К. А. and H. M. Khripunov - both 1757, in Ostankino Palace-

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; "The Unknown person in Russian suit", 1784). *Pavel Ivanovich Argunov (about 1768-1806) - the

. He was the son of I. P. Argunov. From 1793 he headed construction of wooden palace-

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in mansion Ostankino near

(it is constructed in style of Russian

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) in which under his projects a number of interiors was created. *Nikolai Ivanovich Argunov (1771 - 1829) - the

, the academician of the St.Petersburg Academy of arts (1818). The son of I. P. Argunov. His products: classical portraits of T. V. Granatova (1789), Praskovya Ivanovna Zhemchugova in a red shawl (1802-1803) - both in the Museum of

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s in Kuskovo.

Other Argunovs

* P. P. Argunov, designer of the

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in 1963–1972

References

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