Nar. hood. USSR (1972), corresponding member Q. AH THE USSR (1958). Graduated from Riga Academy of arts (1931). Lived and worked in Riga. Easel sculpture "the Young sculptor" (1947), "the World" (1960), "Let there always be sunshine" (1963), "My land" (1967), "the Rain" (1969), "Lenin" (1969), etc.