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Pinchus Krémègne, a painter, sculptor and lithographer also known as Pinkus Krémègne, was born in 1890 in Zaloudock, near Lida, then part of the Russian Empire and now in Belarus; he died in Céret in 1981. In 1909, he went to the Vilnius Academy of Arts, where he studied sculpture and met Chaïm Soutine and Michel Kikoine. He left for Paris in 1912 and shared studios at La Ruche with them. At the initiative of the painter Pierre Brune, he discovered Céret in 1918 and met Soutine again there. From 1918 to 1920, he produced a series of red nudes.
A contract with the art dealer Paul Guillaume enabled him to leave La Ruche. He lived in Cagnes from 1926 to 1929, travelling to Sweden in 1927 and to Périgord in 1929. After taking part in the June 1940 exodus during the Second World War, he found refuge in Turenne, in Corrèze. He remained there until the end of the war and worked in agriculture. In 1945, he recovered his studio and canvases in Paris before acquiring a plot of land in Céret.
Works from several periods are held in public collections. In Céret, the Musée d’art moderne holds, among other works, four drawings and ten oil paintings on canvas, including L’atelier and L’entrée des capucins, donated by the artist. In Toulouse, the Musée des Augustins holds, among other works, Paysage, c. 1944, and La salle à manger, before 1948, two oil paintings on canvas. Exhibitions of his work take place in London and Paris. In 1954, the Redfern Gallery in London presents Pinchus Krémègne – 88 toiles; in December 1959, the Galerie Durand-Ruel in Paris organises Pinchus Krémègne – Quarante ans de peinture. For the centenary of his birth, the Musée d’art moderne in Céret honours him with a retrospective in 1990. An exhibition devoted to the artist is also presented at the Pavillon des Arts in Paris from June to September 1993. Amedeo Modigliani paints his portrait, Le Peintre Krémègne, now held at the Musée des beaux-arts in Bern.
This profile brings together identity references for Pinchus Krémègne and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
Portrait de jeune garçon
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2026-09-22
Published result : 1200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 600–800
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Oil on canvas
Intérieur, torse et violon, 1921
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2023-06-21
Published result : 10390 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Sitzender Akt in Interieur.
Öl auf Mkt
Date to be documented
Published result : 10000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3800
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Oil on canvas
Village au grand mur
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 3743 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
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Stillleben mit Stuhl und Geige.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 5000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4200
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