New Margelan, Turkestan region 1886-1957 Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Painter, graphic artist, scenographer Born in the family of a general of the military medical service. In 1888 he moved with his family to Kerki (on the border with Afghanistan). He studied at a real school in Tashkent (1897-1900), then - in the second Orenburg Cadet Corps (1900-1905), at the natural department of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of St. Petersburg University (1907-1908). At the same time he studied watercolor and drawing in the Art Studio of D. I. Bortniker in St. Petersburg (1906-1908). In 1908 he entered the Higher Art School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at the IAH, studied in the studio of V. E. Makovsky (did not graduate). In 1910-1912 attended the school-studio of M. D. Bernstein, where he studied with I. Y. Bilibin, A. V. Sherwood, N. K. Roerich. In 1912 he moved to Kiev, for four years (1912-1916) studied at the Kiev Art School under F. G. Krichevsky and V. K. Menk. K. Menk. Since 1914 he participated in exhibitions (student exhibitions of the Kiev Art School). Lived in Tashkent (since 1916). He was engaged in decoration of the city for revolutionary holidays. He created a series of works (oil and watercolor) “Water and Stones”, “Women on the Background of Mazars” (1915-1916), “Sketches for Legends” (1917-1919), “Eastern Primitive” (1918-1920), “Mountain Kishlaks of Fergana”, “Chaikhana of the Old City”, “Return to Man” (1925-1926) and others.