Background
Abraham Manievich was born on November 25, 1881 in Mstsislaw, Mstsislaw District, Mogilev Region, Belarus (then, Russian Empire).
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Abraham Manievich studied at Munich Academy from 1905 - 1907.
Abraham Manievich was born on November 25, 1881 in Mstsislaw, Mstsislaw District, Mogilev Region, Belarus (then, Russian Empire).
Abraham Manievich studied art at the lmperial Art Academy in Kiev from 1901 to 1905 and then at the Munich Academy (1905 - 1907).
After studying in Munich, Abraham Manievich traveled throughout France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and England, painting in a bold Fauvist style. He exhibited with the important French Fauvists. He received critical acclaim for his first solo exhibition at the famed Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris,1913. He lived in Moscow from 1914-1916, and was appointed art professor at the Ukrainian Art Academy, Kiev, in 1917. In 1921, he left revolutionary Russia for Warsaw, and in 1922 he emigrated to the United States, settling in the Bronx. His Russian-period works date from 1902 - 1921.
Abraham emigrated to the United States in 1922, settling in the Bronx. He traveled extensively, often walking many miles and painting regional scenes in industrial Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania mining towns, villages along the Hudson River and in Connecticut, and winter scenes in Canada. In the United States, he exhibited both his Russian and American landscapes, which were acclaimed for their lyrical yet vigorous brushwork and expressive use of color.
Fall Scene
Landscape
White House with Trees
Alexander Square, Kiev
Flowers
The Spring Sun
Street Scene with Hot Dog Stand
Destruction of the Ghetto, Kiev
1919Town Street
Moscow III
Late Summer Afternoon (The Bronx)
Camden
1923Winter Scene with Church
1911Landscape with Animals
Quiet Autumn Day
Street in a Provincial Town
1915Artist's Wife
1937The Yellow House
Village Landscape
Autumn Day
Beyond the Trees
Untitled
Vinnytsia, Yerusalymka District
1905Spring in Kyiv's Kurenivka District
1915Flowers on a Yellow Table
Untitled
Town Scene with Bus Stop
Barn with Figures
Country Landscape
Lyrical Landscape
Still Life
1930Rural Landscape
1921Still Life with Green Vase and Flowers
Paris Street
Autumn
Portrait of the Artist's Wife
1929Winter Landscape: Outskirts of Kyiv
1908Cloudy Day, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1939Still Life with Glass
unfinished painting
Winter Village Scene
House Workers in the Bronx
Flowers. Vase on a Hamper
Snow-covered Street
A Street in the Bronx
Birch Trees
Troika in the Snow
1910Bronx River Park
Autumn in the Park
1925Untitled
1925Still Life with Fruits
Abraham Manievich was married Rachel. He had a son and a daughter. In 1919 his son was killed in Ukraine.