Photo by A. Lorens, St. Petersburg, Russia, early 1870s6.4 х 10.6 cm Attribution by Natalia Gennadievna Bandurova. St. Petersburg Museum of Theater and Music Arts, Russia Modest Ivanovich PISAREV (1844 -1905), actor, teacher, and distant relative of literary critic Dmitriy Pisarve and husband of actress Pelagia STREPETOVA; one of the founding fathers of the Association of Russian Actors. In 1865, graduated from the Law School of Moscow University and since 1859 played in amateur theaters. As a professional, Modest Pisarev played since 1867 in Simbirsk, then Orenburg, the Urals, and then in Moscow, including in the Korsh Theater. Actor at the Alexandrine Theater, St. Petersburg, since 1885. C4897