1911, Korennaya, near Voronezh — 1985, Mytishchi, Moscow Region

Painter, landscapist. Studied at S. P. Sokolov’s studio in Nizhny Novgorod (1926–1930). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1935). During WWII headed propaganda poster studio in Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod). Lived near Moscow (from 1949). Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1965), Merited Art Worker of the RSFSR (1975). Winner of the Ilya Repin State Prize for a series of landscapes of Moscow environs (1981). People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1981).