Master of landscape genre and engraving, academician, teacher, professor at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Master of realistic painting.
He was born in Yelabuga into a merchant family on January 13 (25), 1832. He studied at the 1st Kazan Gymnasium, then entered the Moscow College of Painting. He continued his education at the Imperial Academy of Arts. During his studies at the Academy, he received several awards.
In 1861, the artist began a journey through Germany and Switzerland, and in 1865 in Geneva he painted the painting "View in the vicinity of Dusseldorf", for which he received the title of academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts.
In 1870, Shishkin contributed to the creation of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions in Russia. In 1873, he received the title of professor of the Academy for the painting "The Wilderness of the Forest."