Kirill Antonovich Gorbunov (Russian: Кирилл Антонович Горбунов; 1822 (1815?

), Vladikino, Penza Oblast — 8 November 1893, Pushkin)[1] was a Russian portrait painter and lithographer.

After displaying some artistic talent, he was sent to Moscow where, from 1836 to 1840, he studied art in a school operated by Karl Rabus.

[1] After graduating, he received a recommendation from Nikolai Gogol[citation needed] that enabled him to attend the Imperial Academy of Arts in St.Petersburg from 1840 to 1846, where he studied under Karl Bryullov.

[1] Upon his graduation from the Academy in 1846, he was granted the rights of a "неклассного художника" (Free Artist), which enabled him to set up his own studio.