After graduating from the Academy of fine arts received the title of artist of painting.
Painter and draughtsman, teacher. He graduated from East.-filol. f-t Petrograd. University of the Petrograd Soviet. AH, a disciple of K. Petrov-Vodkin. From 1921 he taught in VKhUTEMAS – AH – arts in Leningrad (with a break in 1929-32, was in exile), in 1934-37, the Provost, the Dean of the picturesque faculty, from 1948 head. DEP. graphics, from 1954 Professor.