Ignaty Nivinsky was a painter, architect and graphic artist. After graduation from the Stroganov School for Technical Drawing in 1898, Ignaty became a teacher there, subsequently teaching at Vkhutemas, where Aleksandr Deyneka was one of his students. Nivinsky specialized mainly in monumental and decorative painting and took up etching in 1912. He was a member of the artistic movement “Mir iskusstva” (“World of Art”). In 1921, after Vakhtangov’s invitation, he began to design the play "Eric XIV", marking the beginning of his career as a theatre artist. Ignaty Nivinsky created scenery sketches and costume designs for the theatrical productions such as “Princess Turandot”, "Comedy Merimee", “Peter I” and “The Barber of Seville”. A significant number of his theatrical works are held at the A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum.