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Abraham A. Manievich

Self-portrait (1924)
Artist's Wife (1937)

Abraham Anshelovich Manievich[a] (Ukrainian: Абрам Аншелович Маневич, romanized: Abram Anshylovych Manevych; 25 November 1881 Mstsislaw, Belarus – 30 June 1942 Bronx, United States) was a Ukrainian-American expressionist artist of Belarusian-Jewish origin.[1][2]

Life

He studied art at the Kyiv Art School from 1901 to 1905, and at the Academy of Art in Munich, Germany.[3] After travelling and successfully exhibiting in Italy, France, and Switzerland[4] as well as Kiev, he lived in Moscow from 1916 to 1917.

Founders of the Ukrainian academy of arts, 1917: Sitting: Abram Manevich, Oleksandr Murashko, Fedir Krychevsky, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ivan Steshenko, Mykola Burachek. Standing: Heorhiy Narbut, Vasyl Krychevsky, Mykhailo Boychuk.

A co-founder of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts,[5] he taught at the Ukrainian Academy of Fine Arts. In 1921, following the death of his son in the pogrom-initiated destruction of the Kiev ghetto,[6] he emigrated to the United States.[7] His continued work enjoyed critical acclaim until his death.[6]

His work is in the National Art Museum of Ukraine and in major museums and private collections in the United States, Canada, France, Israel, Russia, and Ukraine.[7]His papers are held at the Archives of American Art.[8]

Gallery

Notes

  1. ^ Also Abram Manevich

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "Art: Queer Manievich". Time. February 14, 1927.
  2. ^ "Abraham Manievich - 52 artworks - painting".
  3. ^ "Abraham Manievich, Prominent Jewish Painter, Dies in New York". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. July 1, 1942.
  4. ^ "ecatalogue 2012". Sotheby's.
  5. ^ File:Founders of the Ukrainian academy of arts.jpg
  6. ^ a b "The Jewish Museum".
  7. ^ a b "Abram Manevich on Zorya Fine Art". www.zoryafineart.com. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  8. ^ "Abraham Manievich papers, 1883-1973, bulk 1883-1942 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

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