Born in Vilno (Lithuania) 1869. Studied at Vilno Drawing School 1888; at Imperial
ACADEMY OF ARTS 1891-93; in Paris; awarded rank "artist" 1897. Active in
St.Petersburg/Petrograd/Leningrad. Member of SOCIETY OF RUSSIAN WATERCOLOURISTS;
COMRADESHIP OF ARTISTS (founder member); KUINDZHI SOCIETY 1910s; AKhRR (Leningrad branch)
1923-28. Exhibited with Imperial ACADEMY OF ARTS; ITINERANTS 1916, 1918; AKhRR 1923-29.
Important shows include "Fifteen Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army",
Moscow 1933; "Twenty Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army", Moscow,
1938. Well-known works include Down with the Eagle! (1917; Museum of the
Revolution, St.Petersburg). Taught at Petrograd/Leningrad Arts and Crafts Tekhnikum from
1922. Painted some of the earliest works inspired by the October 1917 revolution. Died in
Leningrad 1947.
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