Anton Ivanov
was born in 1818 as a serf.
From 1833 he studied painting in St. Petersburg by Chernetsov's
brothers, who were very famose painters of that time. In 1838 he
accompanied with them on trip on river Volga. In 1841 he was
redeemed from serfdom by Chernetsov's brothers . Since the same
year he has studied in the St.Petersburg Academy of Art as an
irregular student. From 1841 to 1849 he was a pensioner of the
Academy of Art. From 1846 he leaved to Italy with Chernetsov's
brothers and didn't come back to Russia. He was died in Rome and
buried at the Monte-Testacho cemetery in 24
November 1863.