Cousin Alexander Nikolayevich Benois.
He studied at the Academy of fine Arts 188? in 1887 In 1885 he graduated from the scientific course; in 1886 - 2 silver medals; in 1887 - the title of class artist. (Kondakov)
Participated in the publication of satirical magazines.
Vitality painter and graphic artist Ekaterina Zarudny-Kavos was more than enough for a few people. Study in St. Petersburg Academy of arts (1881-1887), where among her teachers was the P. P. Chistyakov, it was combined with trips to Paris, where he took lessons from K. Durand and at the Academy R. Julien. In 1887 Zarudnaya-Kavos finishes the Academy in the rank of class artist. Then begins a life filled with tireless work, amazing people and extraordinary activities. Among the executed S. E. Zarudny-Kavos paintings and graphic portraits of famous figures of Russian culture: historian K. N. Bestuzhev-Ryumin, the Senator V. A. Artsimovich, essayist and philosopher V. S. Solovyov, the novelist, V. V. Vodovozov, artists N.. Yaroshenko and Ilya Repin, writer and lawyer A. F. Koni, the artists P. V. Samoilov, V. F. Komissarzhevskaya, P. A. Korsakov, M. N. Germanova, composer and conductor M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov, writers N.. Bowker and A. M. Gorky. And in addition to the portrait gallery genre paintings (for example, "Lesson teaching", "children's life"), numerous watercolors, drawings and sketches, etchings. E. S. Zarudnaya-Kavos organized satirical and children's magazines and worked in many of them. In 1905, with A. M. Language opened in St. Petersburg school of painting, where he taught artists such as B. Kustodiev, E. E. Lansere. At her workshop in St. Petersburg acted Sunday drawing school for workers. Throughout his life E. S. Zarudnaya-Kavos was an example of exuberant female nature, a significant part of the energy which is usefully served the Fatherland.
