Moses Efimovich Gamburd (until 1940 known as Max Gamburd , rum. Max (Moisei) Gamburd ; October 6, 1903 , Chisinau , Bessarabian province - July 14, 1954 , ibid.) - Bessarabian and Moldavian painter .
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Biography
Moses (or Monya) Efimovich Gamburd was born in 1903 in Chisinau in the family of winegrower Chaim Gamburd. Parents of the future artist owned a vineyard in the area of the village of Nimoreni near the town of Kalarash (now in the Ialoveni district of Moldova ) and were engaged in winemaking. He studied at the gymnasium and lyceum named after M. Eminescu , then at the Chisinau Higher School of Fine Arts with the artist Schneier Kogan and the sculptor Alexandru Plamediale . In June 1925 he passed the baccalaureate exam at the Chisinau Lyceum for Boys No. 2 named after M. Eminescu . In 1925-1930 he studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts, after which he returned to Chisinau.
He took part in the salons of the Society of Fine Arts of Bessarabia (Societăţii de Arte Frumoase din Basarabia) organized by S. Kogan . The first solo exhibition was held in Chisinau in 1934 . Until 1940, it was known as Max Hamburg and lived mainly in Bucharest .
On the fronts of World War II
With the beginning of World War II - in the army, in 1943 he was transferred to Moscow , where he was involved in the work of the evacuated government of the Moldavian SSR . Here he begins to work on the monumental painting “The Curse”, dedicated to the tragedy of wartime (now in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Moldova). The artist’s parents died at the hands of the Romanian invaders in Moldova.
After the war
After returning from Moscow in 1944, Hamburg restored and led the Chisinau Union of Artists of Moldova , which then, in addition to Hamburg, included only three artists. He taught at the Chisinau Art College.
Doom
July 14, 1954 , a few days after his personal exhibition in Chisinau and being one of the most influential artists of the republic, he unexpectedly committed suicide.
Exposure
In the 1990-2000s, several personal expositions of the artist’s works were organized in Moldova , including in 2003, dedicated to the centenary of his birth. The exhibition also featured the works of his wife, artist Evgenia Yakovlevna Gamburd (nee Goldenberg , January 28, 1913 - March 26, 1956 ), the author of costume designs for the first film by Sergei Parajanov, “Andries” .
The Moses Hamburg Prize
Since 1999, the Academy of Arts of the Republic of Moldova has been awarding the annual “Moses Gambourd Prize” in the field of fine arts - the winners were the graphic artist Isai Kirmu (1999), artists Genadie Tychuk (2000), Valentin Vyrtosu (2002) and Nicolae Cotsofan (2004), art historian Ludmila Anatolyevna Toma (2004).
Pupils
Among the disciples of Moses Hamburg:
- Ada Zevin
- Michael and Fira Grecu .
The works of Hamburg are stored mainly in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Moldova.
Family
The daughter of Moses Gamburd - Miriam Gamburd (b. 1947 , Chisinau ) - Israeli sculptor and graphic artist ( see gallery ), prose writer (cf. collection "Two-figure nudity" ); graduated from the faculty of monumental art of the Leningrad Higher Industrial Art School. IN AND. Mukhina (1970), since 1977 in Israel .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Israeli Art Information Center - 1975.
- ↑ 1 2 Artnet - 1998.
- ↑ 1 2 National Library of France - 1994.
- ↑ Record # 122045422 // general catalog of the National Library of France
Literature
- L. A. Chezza “Moses Efimovich Gamburd”. "Cartya Moldovenyaske": Chisinau, 1959.
- Drawings: Moissei Gamburd. Tel Aviv , 1987.
- LA Toma "Moisey Gamburd" (album in English , Romanian and Russian ). National Art Museum of the Republic of Moldova. Kal Press: Tel Aviv - Chisinau , 1998.
- L. A. Toma "The creative path of Eugenia Gamburd." Chisinau: Arta, p. 59–64, 2003.
- LA Toma “Eugenia Gamburd” (an album of sketches by Eugenia Gamburd, the artist’s wife, in English , Romanian and Russian ). National Art Museum of the Republic of Moldova. Kal Press: Tel Aviv - Chisinau , 2007.
Links
- Monograph "Moisey Gamburd"
- Album "Drawings. Moisey Gamburd »
- Novella-memoir of Miriam Gamburd, daughter of the artist
- Biographical short story Miriam Gamburd (inaccessible link)
- “Hamburg House” in Chisinau Lawyer House of Jacob Goldenberg on Bratiani Street, later owned by his son-in-law - artist M. Gamburd at str. Bucureşti, 63, in Chisinau
- Portrait of Eugenia Gamburd by Moses Gamburd (inaccessible link)
- Portrait of a mother (inaccessible link)
- Cover of the book by L. Tom “Moses Gamburd” with a picture of the artist
- A memorial plaque on the house of the four Hamburgs in Chisinau at str. Bucureşti, 63