Born in Kherson (Ukraine), 1884.
Studied at Odessa Art College 1901-08; Imperial
ACADEMY OF ARTS 1909-17. Active in Odessa, Ukraine; Kiev, Ukraine.
Began ehibiting 1900s.
Member of TYuRKh; KONSTANDI SOCIETY 1924-29. Exhibited with TYuRKh
1913-19. Important
shows include "INDUSTRY OF SOCIALISM", Moscow, 1939; "All-Union Art
Exhibition", Moscow, 1946; "All-Union Art Exhibition", Moscow, 1947;
"All-Union Art Exhibition", Moscow, 1951; "All-Union Art Exhibition",
Moscow, 1955. Specialised in landscapes, portraits, especially in
watercolour. Taught at
Odessa Polytekhnikum of Visual Arts/Art Institute/Art College
1926-35/36?; Kiev Art
Institute 1936-63/64? Became a Soviet academician. Awarded Order of
Lenin: the title
"People's Artist of the USSR" 1944. Died in Kiev, Ukraine, 1974.
(Matthew Cullerne Bown:
Russian and Soviet Painters. Ilomar, London)
"Sun of Communism", watercolors, 20 x 23 cm, appr. 1920.
"Karl Marx", and "Vladimir Lenin", both oil on paper.
"Muchina's Monument in Moscow", both watercolors, 40 x 25 cm.
"The Red Place in Moscow", watercolors, 25 x 40 cm.
"Scene from Moscow", watercolors, 25 x 40 cm.