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Chapiro
Chapiro is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Jacques Chapiro Jacques (Ya'akov) Chapiro (1887–1972), a Jewish painter of the School of Paris, was born in Dinaburg, Russian Empire (now Daugavpils, Latvia) and died in Paris in 1972. Biography Being a son of a wood sculptor, he began his artistic education ... (1887–1972), Jewish Russian-born, French painter. *Liliane Chapiro-Volpert (1902-1982), known as Lilian Constantini, French actress in the 1920s and 1930s. * Mikhail Chapiro (born 1938), Jewish Russian-born, Canadian painter. See also * Shapiro {{surname Jewish surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Chapiro
Mikhail Chapiro (also Shapiro; russian: Михаил Шапиро; born 1938) is an artist of Russian Jewish origin currently living and working in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Biography Chapiro was born in the Russian city of Novozybkov, near Belarus, in 1938. Soon thereafter his family moved to the nearby city of Gomel, Belarus, where Chapiro spent most of his childhood. During the German occupation of the western part of USSR (1941-1943) Chapiro's family was evacuated to the eastern part of Russia. Since his early childhood, Chapiro was captivated by painting. Thanks to his teachers, Peter Chernyshevsky and Boris Zvenigorodsky, the artists of great experience and talent, this endowment became his predilection, the raison d'être of his life. After 6 years of studies, he graduated from the Mukhina Institute of Arts and Industrial Design in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy). After graduation, he was sent for obligatory work (as was practiced in the USSR) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Chapiro
Jacques (Ya'akov) Chapiro (1887–1972), a Jewish painter of the School of Paris, was born in Dinaburg, Russian Empire (now Daugavpils, Latvia) and died in Paris in 1972. Biography Being a son of a wood sculptor, he began his artistic education at the early age of ten. In 1915, at the age of 18 he moved to Poland to attend the Kraków academy of fine art and in 1918 he moved to Ukraine to study at the Academy of Fine Arts of Kiev. During the Russian Civil War, while pursuing his studies, he contributed to the revolution efforts by painting posters. In 1921, he studied art in Petrograd, and during this period he worked as a decorator in the Meyerhold Theater. He worked for Stanislavski and Vakhtangov, both notorious in the field of theater. In 1925, he left Russia in favor of Paris, and settled down in Montparnasse. As of 1926, he exhibited his works at the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des Tuileries among other places. In 1939, he became a refugee, escaping to Carpentras and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilian Constantini
Lilian Constantini (September 26, 1902 – January 5, 1982) was a French silent actress in the 1920s and 1930s. Early life Liliane Louise Hélène Chapiro-Volpert was born on September 26, 1902 in Paris.Lilian Constantini (1907-1982) Her father, Boris Chapiro-Volpert, was a Russian-born chemist.Liliane Chapiro Volpert GeneaNet Her mother was Louise Guesde. Her maternal grandfather, |
Shapiro
Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Sapiro, Spiro (name)/Spyro (in Greek), Szapiro/ Szpiro (in Polish) and Chapiro (in French), is a Jewish Ashkenazi surname. Etymology The surname is derived from the medieval name of Speyer, Germany, compare Spire, the French name for that city. Other name variants attributed to Speyer include Sapiro, Spira, Spire, Spiro, Spero, Chapiro, Sprai, Szpir, Szpiro, Sapir and Spear. The Jewish community of Speyer was one of three leading cities central to the development of Ashkenazi culture, referred to as the , an acronym based on the names of the cities. The family name Speyer (based on the modern German name for the same city) has also become a well-known surname that was spread by Jews from Frankfurt to England, the United States and Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century. Some suggest that the surname derives from the Aramaic word () meaning "handsome". Notable people surnamed Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |