The Russian landscape painter Nikolai von Astudin (1847-1925) lived with his wife for several years in Lahnstein. After his education in Paris and years of travel with stops in Munich, Berlin, Finland, Italy, and Kassel, he married the animal painter Johanna Meinecke from Braubach. With her, Astudin moved to Lahnstein in 1912 and built his residential house with studio at Gymnasialstraße 11 in 1915, where he lived until his death.

The painter became known for his views of the Rhine from Mainz to Cologne, which were also published as postcards, leporellos, and as reprints in memorabilia for Rhine tourism. Astudin's paintings are largely in private ownership today. His tombstone is now located next to that of his wife in the Braubacher Straße cemetery.