Abraham_A._Manievich

Abraham A. Manievich

Abraham A. Manievich

Ukrainian-American expressionist artist


Abraham Anshelovich Manievich[lower-alpha 1] (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]

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

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]

Notes

  1. Also Abram Manevich

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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