Urban Landscape
| Author: | Pinchus Krémègne (1890–1981) |
Pinchus Krémègne (b. 1890 Zhaludak, Belarus – d. 1981 Ceret, France) was the youngest of a craftsman’s nine children. Between 1909 and 1912 he studied at the Vilnius School of Drawing, where he became friends with Michel Kikoine and Chaim Soutine. He was the first of the three to leave for Paris. He spent 15 years (1912 to 1927) in the studios at La Ruche, and made a clear mark on the aesthetics of the École de Paris. Fascinated by the landscape of the south of France, he set up a studio in Ceret in 1918. Krémègne made his name as a subtle colourist and as a specialist in landscapes, portraiture and still-lifes. Together with Jacques Lipchitz and Osip Zadkine, he participated in the exhibitions of the groups called Удар (The Blow), Через (Through), Числа (Numbers) and Наш Союз (Our Union), founded by artists who had emigrated from Russia. After the Second World War, he lived with his family in Ceret and Paris. He held over 20 solo exhibitions in France, and several dozen more outside the country.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
Pinchus Krémègne, a painter, was born on 28 July 1890 in Zhaludak, near Lida. In 1909–1912 he attended drawing school in Vilnius, where he made friends with Ch. Soutine and M. Kikoine. In 1912 he left for Paris and settled in La Ruche, an artists’ colony. At first he studied sculpture and as a sculptor he debuted in 1913 in the Paris Salon of Independent Artists. In 1914 he participated in the exhibitions of the Vilnius Art Society. Later he became more inclined towards painting and from 1915 he worked only in that sphere. From 1918 he participated in plein–air painting sessions in Ceret in southern France. In 1919 he displayed his works in his first personal exhibition in Paris. Later he organised some more personal exhibitions in various galleries of Paris (1922, 1927, 1929, 1931, and 1959). In 1960 he settled in Ceret. He painted figure compositions, landscapes, cityscapes, interiors. His oeuvre is attributed to École de Paris expressionism. He died on 5 April 1981 in Ceret.
Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES I (2010). Compilers Nijolė Tumėnienė, Dalia Tarandaitė, Jurgita Semenauskienė. Text author Dalia Tarandaitė.
Pinchus Krémègne (b. 1890 Zhaludak, Belarus – d. 1981 Ceret, France) was the youngest of a craftsman’s nine children. Between 1909 and 1912 he studied at the Vilnius School of Drawing, where he became friends with Michel Kikoine and Chaim Soutine. He was the first of the three to leave for Paris. He spent 15 years (1912 to 1927) in the studios at La Ruche, and made a clear mark on the aesthetics of the École de Paris. Fascinated by the landscape of the south of France, he set up a studio in Ceret in 1918. Krémègne made his name as a subtle colourist and as a specialist in landscapes, portraiture and still-lifes. Together with Jacques Lipchitz and Osip Zadkine, he participated in the exhibitions of the groups called Удар (The Blow), Через (Through), Числа (Numbers) and Наш Союз (Our Union), founded by artists who had emigrated from Russia. After the Second World War, he lived with his family in Ceret and Paris. He held over 20 solo exhibitions in France, and several dozen more outside the country.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
Pinchus Krémègne, a painter, was born on 28 July 1890 in Zhaludak, near Lida. In 1909–1912 he attended drawing school in Vilnius, where he made friends with Ch. Soutine and M. Kikoine. In 1912 he left for Paris and settled in La Ruche, an artists’ colony. At first he studied sculpture and as a sculptor he debuted in 1913 in the Paris Salon of Independent Artists. In 1914 he participated in the exhibitions of the Vilnius Art Society. Later he became more inclined towards painting and from 1915 he worked only in that sphere. From 1918 he participated in plein–air painting sessions in Ceret in southern France. In 1919 he displayed his works in his first personal exhibition in Paris. Later he organised some more personal exhibitions in various galleries of Paris (1922, 1927, 1929, 1931, and 1959). In 1960 he settled in Ceret. He painted figure compositions, landscapes, cityscapes, interiors. His oeuvre is attributed to École de Paris expressionism. He died on 5 April 1981 in Ceret.
Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES I (2010). Compilers Nijolė Tumėnienė, Dalia Tarandaitė, Jurgita Semenauskienė. Text author Dalia Tarandaitė.
