Ulyanov studied 1888-1889
atV. Meshkov's
studio in Moscow. From 1898
to 1900 he attended the Moscow
Art College where he
studied under V. Serov, N. Nevrov,
and I. Prianishnikov. In 1900
het started teaching at the Zvantseva Art-school
and 1915 at the Stroganov Institute that after
the revolution was incorporated in the Moscow Svomas
and Vkhutemas.
Ulyanov mainly worked as a painter-portraitist and as a teacher.