Abraham A. Manievich

Abraham A. Manievich (Abram Manevich) (1881 Mstsislaw, Belarus – 1942 Bronx, United States) was a American expressionist artist of Belarusian-Jewish origin.[1][2]

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

Life

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

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 immigrated to the United States.[7] His continued work enjoyed critical acclaim until his death.[8]

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.[9] His papers are held at the Archives of American Art.[10]

Further reading

  • Abraham Manievich by Alan Pensler and Mimi Ginsberg, New York : Hudson Hills ; Woodbridge : ACC Distribution [distributor], 2012.*
  • Jbankova, O (2003). Абрам Маневич [Abram Manevich] (PDF). Kiev. ISBN 966-7888-48-7.
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