Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ihe ngosi mbụ o mere n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ bụ n'afọ 1868, mgbe afọ isii gasịkwara, otu ebe e gosiri ihe ndị o dere mere ka a kpọọ ya "Onye Mmụta". N'afọ 1888 na 1889, o sonyere na ngosipụta nke "Association of Travelling Art Exhibitions" (Peredvizhniki), mana ọ bụghị onye otu ndị otu ahụ. O sonyekwara na Centennial Exposition na Philadelphia, na Exposition Universelle (1889) na
Ngosi Russia Nile nke 1896.