Biography

Biography
1890

Born in Vitebsk, Belarus

1905

Is sent to Sunderland in England to his mother’s family, studies English and attends sculpture classes at the local art school

1905-99

Stay in London, where he attends courses at the Regent Street Polytechnic; to earn his living, he works at a stonecutter

1909/10

Is settled in Paris and studies at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts

1911

Showed statues and drawings in the annual Salon d’Automne and the Salon des Independants

1914/15

Participation in exhibitions of the artist groups Free Secession in Berlin, De Onafhankelijken in Amsterdam and the Allied Artists Association in London

1916/17

Works as a medic on the front and made drawings and watercolors that are dealing with the war

1917

Discharged from the military service

1920

Marriage with Valentine Prax

1941-45

Flees to the United States, finds a workspace in New York, teaches twice a week at the Art Students League in New York

1950

Received the Grand prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale

1967

Died in Paris