An auditor student at the Academy of fine Arts. Received medals: in 1849 - 2 silver; in 1850, 1 silver for the painting "Antiochus, son of Seleucus king of Syria, on the bed of disease and the doctor finds the cause thereof"; in 1851 - 2 gold for the painting "the Torment of St. Sebastian"; in 1853 the praise of the Council for the program "the appearance of the angel to the shepherds". (Kondakov)