Style
Realism
Paintings of this artist could be found in many Russian museums: "Tret'jakov" State Gallery, Moscow; State History Museum, Moscow; Museum of the Revolution, Moscow; PVO Museum, Moscow; Museum of Figurative Arts of Krasnodar; Gallery of Sal'sk; Museum of Arts of Tomsk; Museum of Abramzewo; Museum of Arts of Samara; Museum of Arts of Brjansk. His works are also kept in museums, galleries and private collections in Austria, Great Britain, USA, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Italy, Ireland, Canada, Russia, France and Japan.
Graduated from the Vocational Art School of Krasnodar (1936) and moves to Moscow where he is admitted to the second year of study at the Art Institute "Surikov". Studied by famous painters such as Aristarch Lentulov, Sergej Gerasimov, Igor Grabar. The first student to receive a scholarship from the "Repin" Institute.
Member of the Union of Russian painters (1948).
Honoured Artist of Russia (1973).
