Naoum Aronson

Naoum Aronson (1872–1943) was a sculptor who lived for most of his life in Paris. He is known principally for his busts of important leaders, including Ludwig van Beethoven,[1] Louis Pasteur,[2] Leo Tolstoy,[2] Grigori Rasputin,[2] and Vladimir Lenin.[3]

Naum Aronson in 1940

Naoum Aronson
Portrait of Naoum Aronson by Boris Kustodiev
BornDecember 25, 1872
DiedSeptember 30, 1943
New York City
OccupationSculptor
Spouse(s)Dr. Helene Aronson

Biography

Aronson was born to a Jewish family in Krāslava, in the Vitebsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Latvia) in 1872. He studied art at the Vilna Art School before moving to Paris, where he would live for 50 years. He maintained six galleries in Paris, but kept his prize pieces, including the bust of Rasputin, in his Montparnasse studio. After the German invasion of France in 1940, he was forced to flee the country. When he arrived in New York City as a refugee in March 1941 aboard the Serpa Pinto, he had little more than some photographs of the sculptures that he had left behind in France. He died two years later in his Upper West Side studio at the age of 71.[2]

Selected works

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References

  1. "Naoum Aronson's Beethoven monument in Bonn". Beethoven Haus. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  2. "Naoum Aronson, Russian Sculptor (obituary)" (PDF). New York Times. October 1, 1943. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  3. "Naoum ARONSON (1872–1943)". Bruno Jansem. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2017.


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