Born 1879, Belz, Moldova – died 1973, USA
Painter and theatre designer
Paintings:
Paintings
Theatre
Biography
Paintings
Theatre
Biography 
A Garden with a Woman Figure.
Oil
on
canvas,
68x73
cm.
Astrakhan Picture Gallery.
A Prison.
1908. Illustration for magazine "Satyricon", N11.
Indian ink
on paper.
Lady in Green. 1910. Portrait of the
Artist's wife.
Oil
on
canvas,
65.8x82.5
cm.
Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Flowers
and
Apples.
1916.
Oil
on
canvas,
67x76
cm.
Private
collection.
Fish.
Oil
on
canvas,
51x71
cm.
Private
collection.
Vase
with
Flowers
and
Fruits.
1916.
Oil
on
canvas,
101,5x88
cm.
Russian Museum,
St.
Petersburg.
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Arab Dancer. Costume
design
for
ballet
"Islamey".1910
Gouache, pencil and silver paint
on
paper. 44.2x30.6 cm.
Arab
dancer.
Costume
design
for
ballet "Islamey". 1910.
Music
by
Balakirev,
choreography
by
Fokin,
Mariinsky
theatre,
St.Petersburg,
1912.
Gouache,
pencil
and
silver
on
paper,
44,2
x30,6
cm.
Lobanov-Rostovsky's
collection,
London.
Design
of
decor for
ballet
"Islamey".1910
Music
by
Balakirev.
Mariinsky
Theatre
in
Petersburg.
Gouache
on
paper
mounted
to
cardboard. 
Sea Tzarevna.
1911.
Costume
design
for
ballet
"Submarine
Kingdom".
Music
by
Rimsky-Korsakov
from
opera
"Sadko".
Watercolor,
gouache.
Bakhrushin
theatre
Museum,
Moscow.
Tiny
Brook.
1911.
Costume
design
for
ballet
"Submarine
Kingdom".
Music
by
Rimsky-Korsakov
from
opera
"Sadko".
Watercolor,
gouache.
Bakhrushin
Theatre
Museum,
Moscow.
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Golden Fish.
1911.
Costume
design
for
ballet
"Submarine
Kingdom".
Music
by
Rimsky-Korsakov
from
opera
"Sadko".
Watercolor,
gouache.
Bakhrushin
Theatre
Museum,
Moscow.
A Sea Monster.
1911.
Costume
design
for
ballet
"Submarine
Kingdom".
Music
by
Rimsky-Korsakov
from
opera
"Sadko".
Watercolor,
gouache, whitening. Private collection,
Moscow.
Woman.
1911.
Costume
design
for
ballet
"Submarine
Kingdom".
Music
by
Rimsky-Korsakov
from
opera
"Sadko".
Watercolor,
gouache, whitening, silver paint. Private collection,
Moscow.
Slave
of
Cleopatra.
Costume
design
for
ballet "Egyptian
Nights".
1913.
Music
by
A.Arensky,
choreography
by
Fokin,
King's
Opera
theatre,
Stockholm,
1913.
Gouache
and
pencil
on
paper,
31
x48,3
cm.
Lobanov-Rostovsky's
collection,
London.
After finishing Odessa Art School in 1900, studied at the Academy of Arts in St Petersburg, under D.Kardovsky and I.Repin (1900-1909).
From 1903 participated in exhibitions, including Union of Russian Artists and World of Art.
Member of the World of Art group.
From 1907 worked for the Theatre of V.Kommissarzhevskaya and for the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, as well as staging Russian ballets in Paris.
From 1917 lived in USA and worked as theatre designer for the Metropoliten-Opera and the Chicago-Opera.