The son of stephenwalther the Ekaterinburg lapidary works. Student of the Academy of Arts from 1837 to 1844 he Studied at the Academy of fine arts together with Shevchenko. He was a retired E. I. V. 1837 Received medals: in 1839 - 2 silver; in 1840, 1 silver. In 1844 the title of the artist with the right to the rank of a class XIV for the work: "mercury lulls Argus". (Kondakov)