Born in Odessa in 1896.Died not earlier than 1949.
Spent his youth in Kherson and Kharkiv. After the revolution he lived in Germany,where he received his artistic education. In 1924 staged a solo exhibition in Berlin and moved to Paris.
Exhibited in the salons of the National society of fine arts(1925),Autumn(1925-35;member of the salon) and Independent(1926-35gg).
In 1927 he sent works at the Jubilee exhibition of art of the peoples of the USSR in Moscow(among the works in the exhibition and the work of the "card Game"),1st all-Ukrainian exhibition of the Association of revolutionary art of Ukraine in Kharkiv and all-Ukrainian jubilee exhibition,bypassed many cities of Ukraine(among the works in the exhibition and the work of "playing cards").
In 1928 he participated in the Russian section of the exhibition "Modern French art" in Moscow and the exhibition of Russian art in Brussels(among the works in the exhibition and the work of "playing cards").
In 1929, he held his personal exhibition in the gallery of W. Hirshman(paintings,watercolors,drawings).
In 1935 he participated in group exhibitions "Contemporary portrait" in the gallery de Paris and the Museum jeu de Pomme, which showed the painting "Scholar of the twentieth century" and studies to him, representing the employees of a Large Encyclopedia.
In the 1930s, had long worked in Africa,executed portraits,landscapes and ethnographic sketches. Works were reproduced in magazines francuskich.