‎Moisei Maimon‎
‎Lithography by Moisei Maimon, Isaac and Jacob, 1897, Jewish artist‎

‎Moisei (Moses) Maimon, Isaac and Jacob. From the album Men of the Bible. St. Petersburg, A. Willborg, 1897. Lithography (phototype) on paper. Size: 48.5x34 cm (33x23.5 cm). Moisei Maimon (1860 1924) was a Jewish - Russian painter who was born in the Augustow Governorate, then part of the Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania). He was among the first known artists within the Jewish community of Russia. He was also the grandson of author Alexander Ziskind Maimon. In 1880 he was admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. Maimon graduated from the academy in 1883. In later years he was a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Jewish Arts, which was established in St. Peterburg in 1916. In 1893, for the painting Marranos (Secret Seider in Spain during the Inquisition) he was elected an academician of portrait and historical painting. He painted pictures on historical and biblical subjects, portraits. Executed and published graphic albums Biblical Women, Men of the Bible, Pictures of Jewish Life (1894-1900). Since 1887 - participant of exhibitions. He exhibited his works at exhibitions in the halls of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1888-1918, with interruptions), the Community of Artists (1917), the World Exhibition in St. Louis (1904), the 1st State Free Exhibition of Works of Art in Petrograd (1919). Board member of the Jewish Society for the Encouragement of Artists (19161919). His work was internationally known at his lifetime. Nine of Maimon's works were shown at the Russian exhibition at the St. Louis World's fair in 1904. Some of his work was shown at the JSEA's exhibition in 1916 - 1917., SKUKAZ000016-G kaz_gr‎

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