Born: 1869, Mshagi (Novgorod Province). Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Philipp Ivanov in the village of Mshagi in Novgorod Province (1869). Studied under Ilya Repin at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1891 - 1900). Taught at the Penza School of Art (1900s). Collaborated with the Gamayun satirical journal (1905). Died in 1930. Contributed to exhibitions (from 1896). Contributed to the exhibitions of the St Petersburg Society of Artists (1898), Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions (1899, 1914, 1917, 1918), Moscow Fellowship of Artists (1904 - 10), Society of Russian Watercolourists (1904, 1907, 1918), Non-Party Society of Artists (1913), Arkhip Kuinji Society (1917 - 30), Community of Artists (1922) and the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia (1924, 1926).