Studied in Moscow at the art Studio of N. V. Slane (1913-1915), K. F. Yuon and I. O. Dudin (1915-1917) P. V. Miturich (1919-1922). In 1921, Issued the statement: "Truth is good but happiness is better"; A. N. Ostrovsky (1923), "The Marriage" N. Gogol (1924), "Boris Godunov" by Alexander Pushkin (1924, impossible, the idea of V. E. Meyerhold), "Virineya" by L. N. Seifullina (1925) - in the 3rd Moscow art theatre Studio; zoikina kvartira Mikhail Bulgakov (1926), "badgers" by L. M. Leonov (1927), "Temp" N. F. Pogodin (1930) - Theater. Vakhtangov; "Sellers glory" Nivea P. and M. Pagnol (1926) - the Moscow art theatre; "Invasion" Leonov (1943), "Meeting in the dark" by F. F. Knorre (1944) - in the Moscow theater. City Council, as well as "the taming of the shrew" by William Shakespeare (1938) in the Rostov theatre. His lapidary decorative style is based on the principle of architectural design of scenery; the miserly details of the objective world, diversified one materials, organically entered in design, has allowed the artist to create a high-level, generalized image of the play. Since the mid-1930s, he worked primarily as a designer of exhibitions and public spaces.