Anatoly Adrianovich Lebedev-Shuysky was born in 1896 in the ancient town of Shuya. He was educated at the Shuya Classical Gymnasium, from which he graduated with a gold medal. As a child, he played violin and wanted to become a professional musician.

Having moved to Moscow in 1916, the future artist began to study painting in the studio of Pyotr Ivanovich Kelin. In the autumn of 1918, he became a student of Pyotr Petrovich Konchalovsky at the Free Art Workshops (later transformed into Vkhutemas — Higher Art and Technical Studios).

The landscape “Manor in Bykovo” was created in the spring of 1925. At that time the novice painter had active pulmonary tuberculosis, and had to undergo treatment. The artist recalled, 

The sandy and grassy lawn depicted in the foreground, on the right and left, as if behind the scenes, is surrounded by lush trees. Between them one can see part of a stone two-story building — this is the main manor house. Judging by the arched entrance, the staircase leading to it and the low tower on the right, rising among the trees, the viewer sees the northern facade of this palace house.

The manor was built of red brick and finished with white stone. A large park surrounding the manor descended to the river. An alley led to the main house from the entrance to the estate. Peaches and pineapples could be seen in orchards and greenhouses located along one side of the alley. Without going into details and somewhat generalizing the forms, Lebedev-Shuysky painted a small-format landscape in which architecture is in harmony with the surrounding nature.