1817 St. Petersburg - 1898, Tsarskoye Selo

Painter, draughtsman, lithographer, genre artist, portraitist, animal artist. Born into a family of a cabman. Did not receive professional artistic education. Worked for the Ministry of the Interior (until 1842). Awarded the title of free portraitist at the Imperial Academy of Arts for Rider, Self-Portrait, etc. (1839). undertook painting commissions from Khrenov and Çesme stud farms (from 1840s). Academician for Landowner’s Troika (1852), professor (1855). Awarded the Légion d’honneur at the World Exhibition in Paris (1863) for Return from the Bear Hunt, Fair in Voronezh, Postal Station.