Background
He was born in Nicolaef, Russia and studied at the Institute of Art History in Saint St. Petersburg, finishing his studies at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris and the University of Berlin.
He was born in Nicolaef, Russia and studied at the Institute of Art History in Saint St. Petersburg, finishing his studies at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris and the University of Berlin.
He was active from 1926 in Amsterdam, where he worked for the Rothmann gallery, and emigrated before World World War II to New York City in 1939, settling in Sacramento California.