He was born into a military family, stationed in Siberia. From 1850 to 1855, he worked in the office of the Irkutsk Provincial Government. He left to enroll in the
Imperial Academy of Arts, where he studied under
Alexey Tarasovich Markov. In 1859 and 1860, his work received several silver medals. In 1864, on his doctor's advice, he went to the
Crimea, seeking a cure for his
tuberculosis. His friends at the Artel took up a collection and sold artwork to help support his recovery there, but he died, aged only thirty. == References ==