Born in the village of Pervomayskaya in Odessa region. Painter and painter. In 1929 he studied at the Odessa art vocational school. Since 1935 the teacher of plotting and drawing. In 1943 he took lessons from Tourjansky. In 1945 he participated in the organization of the Zaporozhye Association of artists and regional organization of the CFS. A member of the Union of artists of the USSR from 1945. Lived and worked in Kiev.