Painter. Born in the village of Stara Hnylytsya, Kharkiv oblast. In 1949 he graduated from the Kharkov HU, he studied under A. Safargalin, P. Fomichev, I. Zabashta and M. Slipchenko. Participant of numerous art exhibitions since 1960. The member of Union of artists since 1999. Working in the field of landscape and genre painting.