Selected dates:

December 10, 1894

Born in Pinsk (Minsk province, Russian Empire, now the Republic of Belarus).

1910–1913

Studied at the Vilna Drawing School.

1914–1918

Studied at the Penza Art School named after. N.D. Seliverstova from I.S. Goryushkin-Sorokopudov and G. Blumenfeld.

1919

Together with a group of Blumenfeld's students, he participated in the First State Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures in Penza, showing “synthetic portraits” in the spirit of Cubo-Futurism.

1920

He came to Yekaterinburg as an artist-agitator in the Red Army. Here, together with A.A. Labas, K. Matskevich and A.N. Paramonov , he led the First Painting Workshop at the State Art Museum (formerly the Art and Industrial School).

1921

He came to Moscow and entered VKHUTEMAS.

1923

Emigrated to the USA and settled in New York.

1924

Designed by the "left" Russian magazine "Kitovras".

1924

He participated in the exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, presenting the painting “The Guy from Penza” and was noticed by the critic K. Brinton, who recommended including his works in the exhibition of the International Exhibition of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum.

1925–1926

He published drawings in the Russian-American publication “Almanac of Pilgrims.”

1926

He designed the cover for E. Gusev-Orenburgsky's book "Burning Darkness".

Early 1930s

From experiments in the spirit of cubism, he came to a realistic style, painting scenes from the life of port workers and the unemployed, interior portraits, still lifes, landscapes of the outskirts of New York and Hampton Bays on Long Island. He was engaged in lithography.

1931

Received the bronze medal of N.V. Harris for the painting “Valley” and the 1st purchasing prize of F.G. Logan for the painting “Pigeons”.

1931-1932

He held his first solo exhibitions at the Daniel Gallery in New York.

Since 1932

Participated in the annual exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago.

1932

Participant in the exhibition of Russian art "From Realism to Surrealism" in Wilmington.

1932

Participant in the exhibition of American artists at the John Reed Club in Moscow.

Since 1933

Collaborated with the New York gallery Downtown.

1935—1936

He taught at the Cincinnati Academy of Art.

1936

Together with other Jewish artists, the United States donated his work to the USSR for the collection of the future State Museum of Birobidzhan.

1936–1938

As part of the Federal Art Project, he completed murals on scenes from US history for the Department of the Interior building in Washington and post offices in Tausan and Silver Spring, PCs. Maryland.

1937

Awarded an award from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

1937—1949

He taught at the Art Institute of Chicago; at the Art Students League, New York.

since 1940

He collaborated with the Associated American Artists gallery, where his personal exhibitions were organized.

Since 1942

He began to spend the summer months on the eastern end of Long Island (Noth Sea) near the city of Hampton Bays, where the art colony Hampton Bays Art Group was formed, which was composed of artists David Burliuk, brothers M. and R. Sawyer, Archil Gorki, Milton who lived in the area Avery (Milton Avery), George Constant (George Constant), etc.

1947

Became one of 31 artist-signatories of the so-called. “Statement on Humanism”, in which the artists opposed the spread of views on the esotericism and exclusivity of art among art critics and museum employees.

1962

Awarded an award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

1964

Awarded by the National Academy of Design.

Since 1970

Became a member of the National Academy of Design.

1980

The final retrospective exhibition was held at the Parrish Art Museum in New York.

1984

The artist died in Washington, USA.

2008

The Long Island Museum hosted the exhibition "Bohemian Paradise: David Burliuk, Nikolai Tsikovsky and the Hampton Bays Art Group."

2008–2009

The artist's works were exhibited at the exhibition "American Artists from the Russian Empire".