1838, Nizhny Novgorod - 1898, St Petersburg

Painter, genre artist, painter of battle-pieces. Studied under Fyodor Bruni at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1856). One of the rebellious fourteen (1863) and the St Petersburg Artel of Artists (until 1870). Academician (1868). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1860). Contributed to the exhibitions of the Imperial Academy of Arts and the Society of Russian Water-Colour Painters. Accompanied Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich the Elder on his trip across the Caucasus and compiled an album of drawings (1869). Fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Germany (1871–1873), where he enjoyed the advice of Ludwig Knaus. Lived in Paris (1877–1884), visited Belgium and Bulgaria. Pro-fessor (from 1883).