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, Louis Pasteur, Leo Tolstoy, Grigori Rasputin, and Vladimir Lenin. • Illustration — Aronson in 1940
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Naoum Aronson
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- Name
- Naoum Aronson
- Born
- December 25, 1872
- Birthplace
- Krāslava, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire
- Died
- September 30, 1943
- Place of death
- New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Spouse
- Dr.
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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, Louis Pasteur, Leo Tolstoy, Grigori Rasputin, and Vladimir Lenin. • Illustration — Aronson in 1940
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• Name — Naoum Aronson • Born — December 25, 1872 • Birthplace — Krāslava, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — September 30, 1943 • Place of death — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Sculptor • Spouse — Dr. Helene Aronson
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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 liner 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.
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• Illustration — Head of a Girl (c. 1904) • Illustration — Beethoven (1905) • Illustration — Ivan Panin, biblical numerologist (1916) • Illustration — Friendship
Portrait of a Man by Naum Aronson, chalk on paper, 55.3 x 45.5 cm. (21 3/4 x 17 7/8 in.)
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Sujet: Aronson, Naoum (1872-1943) -- Portraits Pasteur, Louis (1822-1895) -- Anniversaires -- Paris (France) Paris (France) -- Arrondissement (15e) Institut Pasteur Portraits collectifs -- 1914-1945 Référence bibliographique: Rol, 83526 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire: Pho20Rol Image de presse
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1872
Naoum Aronson was born on 25 December 1872.
1943
Naoum Aronson died on 30 September 1943.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Naum Aronson, Naoum Lwowitch Aronson, Naum L'vovich Aronson, Naum L'vovič Aronson and Naoum Ahrnson. His recorded language was Ukrainian. Formation and teaching. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Associated with Symbolism.
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