Fyodor Buchholz

Fyodor Fyodorovich Buchholz (Russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Бухгольц), born Teodor Buchholz (9 June 1857, Włocławek - 7 May 1942, Saint Petersburg) was a painter, graphic artist and art teacher from the Russian Empire.

After graduating from the realschule in his hometown, he enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, where, between 1878 and 1886, he studied under the guidance of Pavel Chistyakov and Valery Jacobi.

While he was still a student, he began working as a graphic artist: providing illustrations for Niva, Sevyer [ru] (North, a literary magazine) and Homeland (a scientific/historical journal).

[4][5] After the Revolution, he was involved in the creation of agitprop and helped design the celebrations for revolutionary holidays.

In 1918, he developed sketches for the anniversary celebrations in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), which included a triumphal arch on Vasilyevsky Island.