Скульптор; автор станковых и монументальных произведений, педагог. Учился в МУЖВЗ (1886–1892), в ВХУ при ИАХ (1892–1898) в Петербурге. Участник выставок с 1902. Заслуженный деятель искусств РСФСР (1946). Доктор искусствоведческих наук (1942).
Small-scale and monumental sculptor, teacher. Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1886–1892) and the Imperial Academy of Arts (1892–1898) in Petrograd. Contributed to exhibitions (from 1902). Founding member of the New Society of Artists (1904). Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1946). Doctor of Art Studies (1942).