Selected dates:
October 9, 1897
Born in Vitebsk (Russian Empire, now the Republic of Belarus).
1913-1915
Studied at the Vitebsk Commercial School of V. Grekov.
1915-1918
Served in the army.
1918
He entered the Vitebsk Folk Art School under Yudel Pen, and was also a student of Solomon Yudovin.
1920-1921
He taught at the Vitebsk Art and Practical Institute.
September 23, 1923
Due to disagreement with the actions of the new leadership of the institute, together with Peng, Yudovin and a group of students, he made a collective statement of resignation and left the institute.
Since 1920
He began to work in the technique of woodcuts.
Until the end of the 1920s
He taught at the Vitebsk Jewish Pedagogical College.
From 1928
Began to participate in exhibitions.
November 1, 1937
Arrested in Vitebsk, was sentenced to death.
December 29, 1937
The sentence was carried out, the artist was shot in the basement of the UNKVD building in Vitebsk.
1958
Rehabilitated posthumously.