He was born in 1898 and died in 1970 in Moscow.
One of the founding fathers OST
He received his artistic education at the art and craft of the Moscow Stroganov school, where he began to study in 1913 After conversion in 1919, the Stroganov school in Free public workshops began to work in the workshop of A. Lentulov.
In 1924 graduated from the VHUTEIN workshop DP Shterenberg.
Member of the 1st discussion exhibition and exhibitions of OST. There is work in the State. The Tretyakov gallery.
Was in the artistic society "Izobrigada".