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Amshey Markovich Nurenberg (; April 17, 1887 – 10 January 1979) was a Ukrainian, Russian and Soviet painter, adherent of the

School of Paris The School of Paris (french: École de Paris) refers to the French and émigré artists who worked in Paris in the first half of the 20th century. The School of Paris was not a single art movement or institution, but refers to the importance ...

, graphic artist, art critic, and memoirist. Born in

Elisavetgrad Kropyvnytskyi ( uk, Кропивницький, Kropyvnytskyi ) is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river with a population of . It is an administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast. Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its name ...

, in 1904–1910 Nurenberg studied in the Odessa School of Arts with Professor Cyriaque Costandi. After having graduated from the School he continued his education in Paris. He lived in the

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with other artists from Russia and during a year shared an atelier with M.Chagall in the phalanstery La Ruche. In 1913 he returned to

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

, where headed the group of modernists "The Independent", founded the private school "Free Studio" (1918), and participated in exhibitions of Odessa artists. After the

Russian Revolution (1917) The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government ...

he was appointed to the People's Commissar of Arts of Odessa and to the head of the Committee for Protecting the Artistic and Historic Heritage. Since 1920 he lived in Moscow, where was the first art columnist of the newspaper

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, worked in the ROSTA Windows together with

Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (, ; rus, Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский, , vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ məjɪˈkofskʲɪj, Ru-Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.ogg, links=y; – 14 Apr ...

, and was professor of history of the Western art at the VKhUTEMAS. In 1927–29 he was missioned to Paris by the People's Commissar for Education A. Lunacharsky to read lectures on new Soviet arts. In 1932 he has contributed to the organization of the Moscow Regional Union of Soviet Artists (МОССХ) which later has been extended to the

USSR Union of Artists The Artists' Union of the USSR (russian: Союз художников СССР, translit=Soyuz khudozhnikov SSSR) was a creative union of the Soviet artists and art critics embracing the Republics of the Soviet Union. The Union was founded sta ...

. During

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Nurenberg was in the evacuation in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

(

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). He continued to work as a painter and finished a series of anti-war paintings. After the war he has continued to work as an artist in Moscow, in particular for the Museum of Revolution. During his life, Nurenberg has worked in different styles—from avant-garde to realism, having always remained faithful to traditions of the

Family

Wife: ballerina and artist Polina Mamichava ''Полина Николаевна Мамичева'' (1894–1978). Daughter: opera singer ''Nina Nelina'' (born Nurenberg) coloratura soprano, soloist of the

Bolshoi Theater The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, literally "Big Theater", p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈatər) is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds ballet and ope ...

from 1946 to 1957 (''Нина Нелина'', 1923–1966) and wife of the writer

Yury Trifonov Yury Valentinovich Trifonov (russian: link=no, Юрий Валентинович Трифонов; 28 August 1925 – 28 March 1981) was a leading representative of the so-called Soviet "Urban Prose". He was considered a close contender for the No ...

; their daughter (granddaughter of A. Nurenberg): Dr. Olga Tangian ''Ольга Юрьевна Тангян'' (born Trifonova in 1951). One of brothers: the artist David Devinov ''Давид Девинов'' (''Давид Маркович Нюренберг'', 1896–1964).

Biography

April 21, 1887, birth in Elisavetgrad (now

Kropyvnytskyi Kropyvnytskyi ( uk, Кропивницький, Kropyvnytskyi ) is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river with a population of . It is an administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast. Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its name ...

), Ukraine, in a Jewish family. Parents were fishmongers. Amshey was the eldest of 10 children. 1905 graduate from the Elisavetgrad high school, where the arts were taught by Ilya Repin's apprentice Feodosiy Kozachinsky 1905–11 studies at the

School of Arts in the class of Professor Cyriaque Costandi 1911–13 stay in Paris, studies in private Academies of Arts, work as an art reporter for a newspaper in Russian "Paris Bulletin" (Парижский вестник). Share of an atelier with M.Chagall in the phalanstery La Ruche in the Passage de Dantzig 1913 return to Elisavetgrad, teaching activities 1915 move to Odessa, joint exhibitions with a group of modernists called later «Odessa Parisians». Organisation of the "Society of the Independent" transformed in 1918 into the "Association of Independent Artists" 1915 marriage with a ballerina Polina Mamichava (1894–1978) 1918 foundation of the "Free Studio" together with the "Children Academy". Teachers were the artists who studied in France (Amshey Nurenberg, Sigismund Olesevich, Alex (Sandro) Fasini, Theophil Freiermann, Isaak Malik). Among Nurenberg learners were Victor Midler (later the senior curator of the Department of the modern Russian art of the Tretjykov Gallery), wife Polina Mamicheva, and Naum Sobol (stage designer) 1919 People's Commissar of Arts of Odessa and the head of the Committee for Protecting the Artistic and Historic Heritage 1919–20 editor-in-chief of the first Soviet newspaper in Elisavetgrad "Red village" (Красная деревня) 1920 move to Moscow, work in the ROSTA Windows together with

, Ivan Maljutin, and Mikhail Cheremnych; making over 200 posters 1921 organisation of the New Society of Painting (НОЖ) together with artists Alexander Gluskin, Samuel Adlivankin, Georgy Ryazhskiy, Mikhail Perutskiy, and others; writing the manifesto of the society 1921–22 mission to

together with Victor Midler and Polina Mamicheva for organisation of restoration of cultural and historic monuments 1922–24 professor of history of the Western art at the VKhUTEMAS 1923 birth of the daughter Nina (soloist of the

under the stage name Nina Nelina) 1923–25 joint exhibitions with the former members of the group Jack of Diamonds (1910–17) and writing the art manifesto for their new society Moscow Painters under the chairmanship of

Pyotr Konchalovsky Pyotr Petrovich Konchalovsky (''also trans.'' Petr; russian: Пётр Петрович Кончаловский; 21 February 1876 – 2 February 1956) was a Russian and Soviet painter, a member of the Knave of Diamonds group. Biography Ear ...

1924–26 first arts columnist of the newspaper

1927–29 Mission to Paris by the People's Commissar of Education

Anatoly Lunacharsky Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky (russian: Анато́лий Васи́льевич Лунача́рский) (born Anatoly Aleksandrovich Antonov, – 26 December 1933) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Bolshevik Soviet People's ...

as "cultural ambassador" for lecturing on new Soviet arts and writing surveys on French arts for the Soviet press. Participation in the Paris Salon d'automne 1928 1930s contribution to the organisation of the Moscow Regional Union of Soviet Artists (МОССХ), work for the Museum of Revolution, trips to gather material for creative work to kolkhoz's of Ukraine and North-Caucasus and to coal-fields of Kuzbas 1941–43 evacuation to

during

. Work at the Uzbek Union of Soviet Artists 1943 return to Moscow. Work for the Museum of Revolution 1950s retirement. Continuation of active artistic and literary work, including participation in exhibitions, writing memoirs, and publications in newspapers and journals January 10, 1979, death at the age of 91 in Moscow. Burial at the Vagankov cemetery.Vagankov cemetery
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Works in museums

* Moscow,

State Tretyakov Gallery The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...

: 67 works, including paintings ''Bourgeois Swines'' (1929–30), ''Supper'' (1930), ''Socialist contract'' (1931) * Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts: 45 works * Moscow
Mayakovsky Museum
14 works, portraits of Mayakovsky of different years * Moscow
State Museum of the East Nations Art
69 works, Asia works of 1920s and 1940s * Moscow
State Central Museum of Modern History of Russia
(former Museum of Revolution): portraits of Lenin, revolution and antimilitary works * Moscow,

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(former Museum of Red Army): painting ''Happy Youth'' (1936) * Kiev,

National Art Museum of Ukraine The National Art Museum of Ukraine ( uk, Національний Художній Музей України) is a museum dedicated to Ukrainian art in Kyiv, Ukraine. History The National Art Museum of Ukraine, which was the first museum in Ky ...

: 39 works *

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(Ukraine)
Regional Art Museum
102 works * Nukus (Uzbekistan), State Art Museum of the Republic of Karakalpakstan named after I. V. Savitsky: about 60 works *

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(Israel), about 20 works * Minneapolis (USA),

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(TMORA): 15 works

Exhibitions

* 1908, Odessa. Exhibition of the Association of South-Russian Artists (ТЮРХ) * 1913, Jelisavetgrad. First Jelisavetgrad Art Exhibition * 1916, Odessa. Exhibition of the Society of the Independent * 1918, Odessa. Exhibition of the Association of Independent Artists * 1919, Odessa. First People's Exhibition * 1920, Odessa. Exhibition in Memory of T.Shevchenko * 1922, Moscow. Exhibition of the New Society of Painting (НОЖ) * 1924, Moscow. Joint exhibition of drawings and water-colours with

Robert Falk Robert Rafailovich Falk (russian: Роберт Рафаилович Фальк, October 15, 1886 - October 1, 1958) was a painter. Biography Falk was born in Moscow in 1886. In 1903 to 1904 he studied art in the studios of Konstantin Yuon and I ...

and Alexander Shevchenko at the State Tsvetkov Art Gallery * 1927, Paris. Salon d'automne * 1929, Moscow. Exhibition «ROSTA Satiric Windows» at the

* 1932, Venice. Bienale * 1939, Moscow. Industry of Socialism * 1945, Moscow. Personal exhibition at the Central House of Writers (ZDL) * 1961, Moscow. Personal exhibition at the Moscow Department of the Union of Artiststs of the RSFSR (МОСХ РСФСР) * 1963, Odessa. Personal exhibition * 1979, Moscow. Posthumous personal exhibition at the Moscow Department of the Organisation of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR (МОСХ , Беговая ул. 7-9) * 1988, Moscow. Exhibition of the Nukus Art Museum at the State Museum of the East Nations Art (currently

State Museum of Oriental Art The State Museum of Oriental Art (russian: Музей Востока) is one of the biggest cultural institutions in the world for preservation, research, and display of Oriental art. The museum was founded in 1918 as a part of soviet programme to ...

) * 2004, Moscow
Exhibition of Brothers Amshey Nurenberg and David Devinov-Nurenberg
at the gallery «Kovcheg» * 2006, Ramat Gan (Israel). Exhibitio
«Odessa Parisians»
at th
Maria & Michael Zetlin Museum of Russian Art
* 2009, Kirovohrad (since 2016

), Ukraine. Personal exhibition at the irovohrad Regional Art Museum https://usefultravelarticles.com/6739-kirovograd-regional-art-museum-description-and-photo-ukraine-kirovograd.html* 2009, Odessa. Personal exhibition at th
World Club of Odessians
* 2010, Kiev
Exhibition of works of the Society of Independent Artists from the collection of Jacob Peremen
at the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts * 2011, New York. Exhibitio
«Ukrainian Avant-Garde: Odessa Parisians»
at the

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. * 2013, Kiev. Exhibitio
"Society of the Independent"
at the

* 2014, Odessa. Exhibitio
"They are back!"
at th
Museum of Odessa modern art
* 2020, Moscow
Personal Exhibition of works of Nurenberg
at the

* 2021, Moscow
Exhibition "Give Kuzbass! To the 300th anniversary of Kuzbass" (Russian: "Даешь Кузбасс! К 300-летию Кузбасса")
at the

* 2021, Kemerovo
Exhibition "Building Kuzbass, building the country!" (Russian: "Строим Кузбасс, строим страну!")
at th
Kemerovo Regional Museum of Fine Arts
*2021, Odessa. Exhibitio
"Yesterday, today, always"
at th
Museum of Odessa modern art

Membership in artistic unions

* 1910, Odessa. Association of South-Russian Artists (ТЮРХ) * 1915–18, Odessa. Society of the Independent * 1918–19, Odessa. Association of Independent Artists * 1921–22, Моscow. New Society of Painting (НОЖ) * 1926–27, Моscow. Association of artists of the revolutionary Russia (АХРР) * 1932–79, Моscow. Moscow Regional Union of Soviet Artists (МОССХ), later renamed into Moscow Union of Soviet Artists (МССХ), Moscow Department of the Union of Artiststs of the RSFSR (МОСХ РСФСР), and Moscow Department of the Organisation of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR (МОСХ)

Books (Russian)

* V. Midler and A. Nurenberg (1922) ''Samarkand and Tashkent''. Moscow - Tashkent, Risolya (Russian) * A. Nurenberg (1924) ''Paul Cézanne''. Moscow, VKhUTEMAS * A. Nurenberg (1969). ''Reminiscences, acquaintances, thoughts about arts''. Moscow, Soviet Artist () * A. Nuerenberg (2010
''Odessa — Paris — Moscow. Memoirs of an artist.'' Editing and introductory article by O. Tangian. Concluding article by L. Voiskoun.
Moscow,

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(Russian)

Notes

Sources

* A. Nurenberg (1969). ''Reminiscences, acquaintances, thoughts about arts''. Moscow, Soviet Artist () * A. Nurenberg (1994). Stories of an old artist. ''Time and ourselves'' (New York - Moscow), No. 124, 225–261, and No. 126, 216–259 () * ''Odessa Parisians. Works of artists-modernists from the collection of Jacob Peremen'' (2006). Museum of Russian Art, Ramat-Gan, and publisher "Cultural bridges", Moscow
''Одесские парижане. Произведения художников-модернистов из коллекции Якова Перемена'' (2006)
Музей русского искусства, Рамат-Ган, и издательство "Мосты культуры", Москва. 2006) * A.Nurenberg (2007). Odessa - Paris - Moscow. Reminiscences of an artist. ''Deribasovskaya - Rishelyevskaya. Odessa Anthology'', Book 30, 208-225. (А. М. Нюренберг (2007)
Одесса - Париж - Москва. Воспоминания художника.
''Дерибасовская - Ришельевская. Одесский альманах''. Книга 30, стр. 208 - 225 * A. Nuerenberg (2010
''Odessa — Paris — Moscow. Memoires of an artist.'' Editing and introductory article by O. Tangian. Concluding article by L. Voiskoun. Moscow, Mosty cultury - Gesharim (Russian)
* Amshey Nurenberg, about him (2008).
Maslovka - Residence of Artists
' * O. Tangian (2009). "Odessa Parisan" A.Nurenberg. ''Deribasovskaya - Rishelyevskaya. Odessa Anthology'', Book 37, 182–206 (О. Тангян (2009)
"Одесский парижанин" А.Нюренберг.
''Дерибасовская - Ришельевская. Одесский альманах''. Книга 37, стр. 182 - 206)

External links

Amshey Nurenberg homepage/virtual museum (English and Russian)

Pictures and biography of Nurenberg from "Maslovka - Residence of Artists" (Russian)

A few memoirs by Nurenberg (Russian)
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