About the artist:

Born 1889, Odessa – Died 1971, Odessa. Painter. Graduated from the Odessa School of Art (1911). Studied under K. Kostandi and G. Ladyzhensky at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1911-1914). Worked in the field of easel painting. Works: "Portrait of a Woman in Blue" (1935), "Street in Odessa" (1937), "Coal Harbor" (1948), "Near the pier" (1949), "The Thaw" (1954) and others.