| 1913 |
Lembersky is born on November
11, in Lublin, Poland, into the university-educated Jewish
family, his father Samoil was a mathematician and his
mother Chaia-Perla studied music with Franz Liszt. |
| 1914 |
World War I began. The family
of Lembersky moves to Berdichev, Western Ukraine. |
| 1917 |
Russian Revolution of 1917
is followed by the Civil War (1918-1921). Ukraine is
volatile and Jewish population is vulnerable to violent
outbursts. |
| 1927-1930 |
Lembersky studies art at the
Kulturlig, works as a theater stage designer in Berdichev. |
| 1933-1935 |
Lembersky studies at Kiev
Art Institute. |
| 1935-1941 |
Studies at the Academy of
Arts (Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and
Architecture, LIZhSA). In 1937 Lembersky travels
to Nizhnii Tagil, the Urals with an art group led by
Boris Ioganson. Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union
in 1941. Berdichev is occupied and Lembersky’s
parents perish in Holocaust. The Siege of Leningrad begins.
Lembersky is wounded in the defense of Lenigrad, he survives
the winter of 1941—the worst months of the Siege.
During this time he lives at the Academy and continues
to work on his thesis. He defends his thesis “On
Strike” in December 1941 and graduates from the
Academy with High Honors. |
| 1942-1944 |
Lembersky is evacuated to
the Urals. He shares his time between Sverdlovsk and
Nizhnii Tagil; creates images of the workers, mines and
plants in military production. In Nizhnii Tagil he organizes
the Union for the Artists, the school for novice artists
and the art gallery (now Nizhnii Tagil Museum of Fine
Art). Participates in exhibitions, including “The
Urals Decade” in 1944. |
| 1944 |
Lembersky returns to Leningrad.
Briefly re-enters the Academy to work on post-graduate
thesis on the theme of the Urals workers during the war.
Joins the Leningrad Organization of the Artists Union.
Marries Ludmila (Lucia) Keiserman. Teaches at Tavricheskoe
College. (now Serov Art College). |
| 1945 |
Lembersky’s daughter
Galina is born. |
| 1957 |
Lembersky travels to paint
in Pskov. |
| 1958 |
He travels to paint in Nizhnii
Tagil. |
| 1960 |
Lembersky and his friend sculptor
Michail Vaynman organize a joint retrospective exhibition
of their work at LOSSKh exhibition hall in Leningrad. |
| 1961-1965 |
He travels to paint in Staraia
Ladoga, near Leningrad and to Dzinteri (Tallinn area),
Estonia. |
| 1970 |
Lembersky died in Leningrad
on November 13. |
| 1980 |
Large part of Lembersky’s
art collection, including his non-conformist artwork,
is moved to the USA. |
