Selected dates:
July 28th, 1890
Born in the town of Zholudok, Vilna province (Russian Empire, now – the urban village of Zheludok in the Grodno region, Republic of Belarus) in a large Jewish family.
1909–1912
He studied at the Vilna Drawing School. While studying in Vilna, Pinkhus Kremen met Chaim Soutine and Mikhail Kikoin.
1912
The artist illegally crossed the border and through Germany moved to France. Arriving in Paris, he settled in Houllier.
1912–1913
He attended classes at the Paris National Higher School of Fine Arts in the workshop of the academic artist Fernand Cormon. Close contact with Chaim Soutine, Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Osip Zadkine, Andre Derain, Fernand Léger and other avant-garde artists.
1914
He exhibited three sculptural works in the salon of the Independents, but from the next year he began to engage almost exclusively in painting.
Since 1916
Famous Parisian art dealers became interested in the artist's works and began to buy them.
1919
The Parisian gallery of Jacques Povolotsky hosted the first solo exhibition of Pinchus Kremeny's works, which showed Mediterranean landscapes and a series of nudes, painted by the artist during his stay in the town of Sere in southern France.
1920s–1930s
The artist traveled extensively in France, traveled to Corsica, visited Sweden.
Since 1921
Exhibited at the exhibitions of the Autumn Salon.
1923
Signed his first contract with art dealer Paul Guillaume.
1924
Together with Chaim Soutine and Lazar Volovik, Kremen exhibited at the Parisian gallery La Licorne and participated in meetings and exhibitions of the literary and artistic group "Through".
Since 1924
Exhibited at the Tuileries Salon.
1927
Signed a contract with the Parisian gallery Van Leer, where he held his solo exhibition.
1928
The artist's works were shown at the exhibition Modern French Art, held in the halls of the State Museum of New Western Art and the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
1929
Personal exhibition at the Van Leer gallery in Paris.
1931
Personal exhibition at the Van Leer gallery in Paris.
1937
For some time he lived in Burgundy.
1938
Lived near Bourges.
1940–1944
During the Second World War, the artist, hiding from the Nazis, was in the small town of Turen.
1940s–1950s
He often visited and lived in Israel for a long time.
Late 1944
The artist returned to Paris.
1945
He took part in the Exhibition of Contemporary Russian Painters and Sculptors in Paris.
1946
Participated in the exhibition in honor of the Victory.
1949–1956
Participated in exhibitions in Jerusalem.
1960s
He moved to Sere, where he built a house-workshop.
April 5th, 1981
Died in Sere. He was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris.