Self Portrait Post Soviet Avant Garde Hebrew Judaica Etching Hand Colored

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Eugene Abeshaus
Self Portrait Post Soviet Avant Garde Hebrew Judaica Etching Hand Colored
1978

About the Item

Hand-Colored Etching signed in pencil l.m. in Hebrew, l.r. in English. 3/100 Shalom from Yevgeny Abeshaus EUGENE ABESHAUS Leningrad, Russia, b. 1939, d. 2008 Eugene Abeshaus (also spelled Evgeny Abezgauz, Евгений Абезгауз in Russian; 1939–2008) was a Jewish artist who worked in Russia (then USSR) and Israel. Born in Leningrad to a typical intelligentsia family, Abeshaus was educated as an electrical engineer but soon abandoned this career and enrolled in the Mukhina School for Applied Art. By the time of his graduation from the famous “Mukha” (Fly in Russian), he had already developed a critical stance towards the official Soviet art dominated by the Communist ideology and began exhibiting at semi-underground exhibitions. This was culminated by his taking part in a famous 1975 exhibition at the Nevsky Palace of Culture. Abeshaus was fired from his job and censured by the official press – which however admitted his "artistic taste, a good sense of color and form". Soon afterwards, Abeshaus set up, together with several Jewish artists, the Alef Group and became its leader. The group’s first exhibition in November 1975 was held at Abeshauses’ small apartment. According to the Alef Manifesto written by Alek Rappoport, “We are trying to conquer the influence of small-town Jewish art and find sources for our work in deeper, wiser, and more spiritual European culture, and from it build a bridge to today and tomorrow". In May 1976, some of Abeshaus’s works, clandestinely sneaked out of the country, were exhibited at the Berkeley Art Museum to much critical acclaim. Later in the same year, following some political bargain between Leonid Brezhnev and President Jimmy Carter, Abeshaus and his family were finally permitted to leave the USSR for Israel. Since then Abeshaus lived and worked in Ein Hod, a picturesque artists’ village near Haifa founded by Marcel Janco. His works were exhibited at numerous exhibitions, including dozens one-artist shows, in Israel, USA, Europe and, after the collapse of the USSR, in Russia. His ultimate acceptance and recognition there was culminated in a sensational memorial one-artist exhibition staged in 2009 at the famous Russian Museum in St.Petersburg - an exceptional honor for a modern artist.

Creator:
Eugene Abeshaus (1939)
Creation Year:
1978
Dimensions:
Height: 15.25 in (38.74 cm)Width: 12.25 in (31.12 cm)
Medium:
Etching,Archival Paper
Movement & Style:
Modern
Period:
20th Century
Condition:
Measurements include mat.
Gallery Location:
Surfside, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU3822965881

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