1830, Moscow - 1904, Lyskovschina (Belorussia)

Painter, draughtsman, portraitist, genre artist, author of compositions on historical subjects, icon painter. Studied under Mikhail Scotti at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Archi¬tecture (1851–1855). Member of the Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions (from 1881). Taught at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1887–1890).