Kuzmin
studied in St. Petersburg 1911-1912 at the Tsvantseva Art School under
Dobujinsky and Petrov-Vodkin and 1912-1914 under Bilibin, Mate and Rylov.
1922-1924 he studied at the Art Academy under Shilingovskii and Kruglikova. In 1924 he moved to Moscow.
He was married to the artist Mavrina.