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. In 1912, Astudin moved to Lahnstein with her 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 reprints in souvenir albums for Rhine tourism. Astudin's paintings are now largely in private ownership. His gravestone is located today next to that of his wife in the cemetery on Braubacher Straße.