Later he became a general contractor and executed public works of large proportions in Brooklyn.

In his early works, executed while living in France, light and color have a great importance.

There he executed works of the English king and members of his royal court.

Like many other sculptors of his generation, he executed architectural works.

From 1854 to 1870, he lived in Rome, studying the old masters and executing numerous works.

The works in this exhibition, executed in 1986 and 1987, represent the artist's most recent concerns.

Of the numerous works executed by Chizhov during this period, the most noteworthy are:

In addition of operating and maintaining the systems, it also carries out engineering studies and executes works.

He was one of the first to create small trial versions of a work in order to find the best means of executing monumental works.

In Italy, he returned to painting, at first producing a series of works executed in tempera on linen.