Fausia se sili atu lavelave lomiga o lenei fuaiupu Na ia suesueina atavali i le Imperial Academy of Arts i Saint Petersburg (Imperial Academy of Arts i Saint Petersburg); i le taimi o le 1891 ma le 1892 ma Pavel Chistiakov ona sosoo ai lea ma Pavel Kovalevsky (Pavel Osipovich Kovalevsky).
O le mea moni, o se faʻamatalaga sili atu ona faigata o le fuaiupu o le "Na ia aʻoaʻoina atavali i le Imperial Academy of Arts i Saint Petersburg (Imperial Academy of Arts i Saint Petersburg) i le va o le 1891 ma le 1901 ma sa faʻaigoaina o le 'artist' (Rusia: художника) mo lana ata 'B' 'ehind the scenes''(' Za kulisami ') ".