Painter, graphic artist, theater. Studied in TSUTR Baron al Stieglitz – SVOMAS (Petrograd, 1916 – 1917, 1920 – 1922), AH – VHUTEMAS (1922 – 1925) in A. E. Karev and Alexander Savinov. Participant of exhibitions since 1922. The Chairman of the society "Circle of artists" (1926 to 1932). Board member of the Leningrad Union of artists since 1932. The team of artists (headed by A. N. Samokhvalov), who worked on the mural "Cotton" for VSHV.