During his life, Nurenberg worked in different styles—from avant-garde to realism, having always remained faithful to traditions of the School of Paris.

He worked as an art correspondent for a Russian-language newspaper, "Paris Bulletin" (Russian: Парижский вестник, romanized: Parizhskiy vestnik).

In 1919 he was appointed the People's Commissar of Arts of Odessa and the head of the Committee for Protecting Artistic and Historic Heritage.

From 1919 to 1920 he was editor-in-chief of the first Soviet newspaper in Elisavetgrad "Red village" (Красная деревня) In 1920 he moved to Moscow, where he worked in the ROSTA Windows together with Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ivan Maljutin, and Mikhail Cheremnykh; making over 200 posters.

He continued his artistic and literary life, including participation in exhibitions, writing memoirs, and publications in newspapers and journals.