[1][2] Emanuel Vincent Cremona (his Christian names were informally shortened to Emvin from birth) was born in Valletta on May 27, 1919.
Later he attended the School of Art, finding himself in a class that composed Willie Apap, Anton Inglott, Esprit Barthet, and Victor Diacono.
[3] At an early age, Cremona used to participate in the annual shows of the Malta Amateur Art Association.
The two young artists were still in Rome just before Italy entered the war in 1940 but they returned to Malta together on the last boat to reach the island in peacetime.
In 1945 he won the Agnes Schembri Bequest, enabling him to proceed to London and Paris to deepen his studies in art.