Selected dates:
1890
Born in the city of Chausy, (formerly Mogilev province, Russian Empire, now the Republic of Belarus) in the family of a tailor.
Won a scholarship to attend the School of Fine Arts in Odessa, where he worked and carved glazes on wood.
He then entered the Antonolsky School of Applied Arts in Vilnius (Lithuania).
1911
Moves to Paris.
1911-1919
He completed his studies in the workshop of the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle in Montparnasse.
1912
Creates three stone sculptures in the Salon of Independents. During this period he became a close friend of Modigliani.
1925
Exhibited at the Salon of Independents: un buste de jeune fille and une femme cupée (reclining busts of a girl and a woman, both made of stone).
1939
The war comes, many of his works disappear or are destroyed.
1963
Participates in the exhibition Vingt-deux sculptors témoignent de l'homme ("Show of Twenty-Two Sculptors") at the Vandome Gallery in Paris.
1963
Participates in the Menezi-rendezvous exhibition of artists at the Renault factory, a famous automobile company.
1964
Participates in the exhibition Vingt-deux sculptors témoignent de l'homme ("Show of Twenty-Two Sculptors") at the Vandome Gallery in Paris.
1967
Participates in the first festival of contemporary sculpture (Chateau de St Ouen).
September 29, 1981
The artist died in Opio (Provence, France).