Lev Kamenev was a landscape painter and one of the founders of the Wanderers Society, which at various times included Ivan Kramskoi, Ilya Repin, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Grigory Myasoedov and other artists. By organizing traveling art exhibitions, the artists introduced people who lived in different provinces to Russian art. In 50 years, the Society held 47 exhibitions. The Wanderers were supported by collector Pavel Tretyakov and art critic Vladimir Stasov.
Lev Kamenev was fond of drawing since childhood. Thanks to the help of Mikhail Korovin, a merchant of the 1st guild, for whom Kamenev worked, the young artist entered the Academy of Arts. He graduated with a gold medal, and then studied abroad for several years. Kamenev wrote from abroad to his friend Ivan Shishkin:
Lev Kamenev was fond of drawing since childhood. Thanks to the help of Mikhail Korovin, a merchant of the 1st guild, for whom Kamenev worked, the young artist entered the Academy of Arts. He graduated with a gold medal, and then studied abroad for several years. Kamenev wrote from abroad to his friend Ivan Shishkin: