Selected dates:

May 14, 1892

Born in Gomel, Mogilev province (Russian Empire, today Gomel region of the Republic of Belarus). Soon the family moved to the city of Rezhitsa, Vitebsk province (now the city of Rezekne in Latvia).

1904

We moved to Minsk .

1905

He studied at a commercial school in Minsk, and at the same time attended classes at the private art school of Yakov Kruger , where he met and became friends with Chaim Soutine.

1909

He moved to Vilna and entered the Vilna Drawing School (together with Soutine). In Vilna, Kikoin and Soutine met Pinkhus Kremen, which grew into a long-term friendship.

1912

He moved to France, to Paris , where he settled in "Hive" ("La Ruche"), the famous commune house. For several months he attended classes at the Paris National Higher School of Fine Arts in the workshop of Fernand Cormon. However, the artistic environment of Montparnasse, rapprochement with Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, and others, as well as acquaintance with masterpieces of world classical art in Parisian museums, had a much greater influence on the formation of Kikoin.

1914

He took part in exhibitions of the Autumn Salon and the Salon of Independents.

1919

In Paris, the Cheron Gallery hosted Kikoin's first solo exhibition .

1924

Received French citizenship . Exhibition at the Netter Gallery, L. Zborovsky.

1925, 1927, 1929, 1947

Exhibitions at New York's Brummer Gallery.

1926

Bought a house in the village of Anne-sur-Seren in Burgundy, where he went to work for many years.

“In Anna-sur-Seren, under the mocking glances of the Burgundians, I paced the hills and plains, armed to the teeth with canvases, brushes and paints,” the artist recalled. “The girls posed for me on the river bank ... The days flew by quickly, too quickly, like this always waiting for a miracle."

1927

Exhibition at the Bernheim Gallery.

1928

An exhibition at the École de Paris , an exhibition at the S. Lesniсk gallery and an exhibition "Modern French Art".

1930.1933

Exhibition at the Billiet–Worms Gallery.

1931

"Exhibition of Russian Art" in the gallery "d'Alignan".

1935

Exhibition at Ersild Gallery.

1936

"Exhibition of Russian Artists" at the Zak Gallery.

1939

He was drafted into the French Army , serving in a reserve regiment in Soissons. After the surrender of France in 1940, Kikoin was demobilized and returned to Paris.

1941–1944

Hiding from the Nazis , he lived with his family in the vicinity of Toulouse.

1945

Returned to creativity. He took part in the exhibition of the Council for the Arrangement of Jews and the " Exhibition of Contemporary Russian Painters and Sculptors ".

1945, 1947, 1948, 1958

He exhibited works at the Tuileries Salon in Paris.

1946

Exhibition in Montpellier .

1948

Exhibition in Paris at the K. Granoff Gallery.

1950s

The artist made several trips to Spain, Italy, Great Britain; in 1950, 1953 and 1958 he visited Israel, where several of his exhibitions were held.

1951

Exhibition in Menton .

1951, 1956

Exhibitions in Strasbourg .

1951, 1955, 1959, 1963

Exhibitions in London .

1953

Published an album of color lithographs "Children of Israel" . Exhibition "Russian Immigrant Artists in Paris" at the Redfern Gallery.

1956

Exhibition in Bordeaux .

1957, 1960, 1961, 1962

He exhibited works in the salon of famous and young artists .

1959

Exhibition in Paris at the Obelisk Gallery. Exhibition "Soutine and his circle" .

1961

Exhibition "Russian Artists of the Paris School" , "Soutine, Modigliani and Their Time" in the Galliera Gallery.

1962

Exhibition in New York at the N. Glaezer Gallery.

1963

Exhibition in Paris at the J. Shalom Gallery.

1964

The painting "Love is the source of life" was awarded the first prize of the "Salon of Artists-Witnesses of Our Time".

1968

Exhibition in Saint-Paul-de-Vence .

November 4, 1968

The artist died in Paris .