Russian Cyrillic Alphabet Cards ~ Elisabeth Bohm

Russian Cyrillic Alphabet Cards ~ Elisabeth Bohm or Elisaveta Merkuryevna Bem ~ Елизавета Меркурьевна Бём ~ 1843–1914 was a Russian painter, the most successful prominent author of postcards in 19th century Russia. Elisabeth was born in Saint Petersburg to a noble Russian family of Endaurov (Эндауров) that had a Tatar origin. At the age of 14 she entered the School of Painting at the Society for Promotion of Artists there she studied under Ivan Kramskoi and Pavel Chistyakov. In 1865 she graduated from the school with the Large Silver Medal. She took private lessons from Kramskoi and studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts there she was awarded a Large Encouragement Medal for her animal paintings.