 From there he studied in the Moscow studios of Alexander Rodchenko from 1919 to 1922, and with Dimitri Kardovski from 1925-1926.He was primarily active in Moscow, where he began exhibiting in 1916.In 1929, he became a member of Bytie, and became most well known as a theater artist, while he also worked in graphic arts and exhibition design through the 1930s.