Ka cika wannan magana: Nuni na farko da ya yi a Kwalejin ya faru ne a shekara ta 1868 kuma, bayan shekara shida, wani nuni da aka yi na aikinsa ya sa aka ba shi laƙabin "Academician". A cikin 1888 da 1889, ya halarci nune-nunen da "Association of Travelling Art Exhibitions" (Peredvizhniki), amma bai taɓa zama memba na ƙungiyar ba. Ya kuma shiga cikin Centennial Exposition a Philadelphia, da Exposition Universelle (1889) da kuma
Nunin Duk Rasha na 1896.