Abraham A. Manievich

Manievich studied at Kyiv Art School and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. The recorded working language is Belarusian. Paul Cézanne is recorded as an influence. Work by Abraham A. Manievich is recorded in the collections of Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum, New York Historical and National Art Museum of Ukraine.

• Name — Abraham Manievich • Native Name — Абрам Маневич • Birth Name — Abram Anshelovych Manievich • Born — 25 November 1881 • Birthplace — Mstsislaw, Russian Empire (now Belarus) • Died — 30 June 1942 • Place of death — Bronx, New York, U.S. • Other Names — Abram Manevich • Occupation — Artist • Illustration — Artist's Wife (1937)

He was born in Mstsislaw, Belarus and studied art at the Kyiv Art School from 1901 to 1905, and at the Academy of Art in Munich, Germany. After travelling and successfully exhibiting in Italy, France, and Switzerland as well as Kiev, he lived in Moscow from 1916 to 1917. • Illustration — 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. Manievich is the co-founder of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts, 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, he emigrated to the United States. His continued work enjoyed critical acclaim until his death. He died in the Bronx, United States. 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. His papers are held at the Archives of American Art.

• Illustration — alt= • Illustration — Destruction of the Ghetto, Kiev (1919) • Illustration — Birch Trees (ca. 1911)

The authorities additionally record the headings Abraham Anshelovich Manievich, Abraham Manjewitsch, Abraham Manievitch, Abram Anshelevich Manevich and Abram A. His recorded language was Belarusian.