He studied at the private art. schools in St. Petersburg, a student of L. Bakst, M. Dobuzhinsky, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. A close friend of M. A. Voloshin, and for many years corresponded with him. Lived in St. Petersburg, then the rest of your life in Moscow. Participant of exhibitions from 1912, member of Oia's "World of art". Portraits, genre paintings, vol. Fig.
Painter, book Illustrator, poet. A close friend of M. A. Voloshin, and held with him many years of correspondence, the addressee of his poem "Dmetrius Imperator" (1917). Sister "the last Prince of the cinema", actor, Director, sound technician, L. L. Obolensky (in monasticism – monk Innokenty). He studied at the Zvantseva school in St. Petersburg, L. Bakst, M. Dobuzhinsky, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. Participant of exhibitions since 1912, a member of the Association "World of art".
