 Schechtel assigned him to Moscow Art Theatre project, which exposed Fomin to the public and eventually brought him his first own commissions.This section is based on ""Architecture of Moscow Moderne" by M. V. Naschokina"

Fomin's early style was related to Schekhtel's and Austrian Jugendstil.His first and most notable work was the Wilhelmina Reck mansion in Skatertny Lane.