1856

January 29: comes to St. Petersburg. Enters the Academy of Arts where he studies (until September 1860) in the landscape class of Professor Socrates Vorobyov. Summer: works from nature in the village of Lisi Nos near St. Petersburg; paints the picture View in the Vicinity of St. Petersburg.

Ivan Shishkin. Alexander Guinet and the artist in their studio on valaam Island. Study. 1860. Oil on paper. 29×36.5 cm. The Russian Museum, Leningrad