Biography
Born in 1876, Sloviansk (Donetsk region). Painter. People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1946). Full member of the USSR Academy of Arts (1947). Laureate of the State Prize of the USSR (1943). One of the founders of the Society of Moscow Artists “Bubnovy Valiet” (1910), a member of the Union of Youth (1911), “Genesis” (1926-27). He received state awards of the USSR. He studied at the Kharkiv Drawing School with M. Raievskaia-Ivanova; in the evening classes of the Stroganov Art and Industrial School. Graduated from the Higher Art School at the St. Pietierburg Academy of Arts (1907). Teachers: V. Savinskii, G. Zalieman, P. Kovalievskii. Participated in exhibitions since 1906.
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