Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) - Belarus (Liozna)
Naive Art / Primitivism, Surrealism, Cubism, Expressionism, Fauvism
Marc Zakharovich Chagall (/ʃəˈɡɑːl/ shə-GAHL [nb 1] born Moishe Zakharovich Shagal 6 July [O.S. 24 June] 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in virtually every artistic format, including painting, book illustrations,......
Ossip Zadkine (1890 - 1967) - Belarus (Vitsebsk)
Expressionism, Cubism, Abstract Art
Ossip Zadkine (Russian: Осип Цадкин 4 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a Russian-born artist who lived in France. He is primarily known as a sculptor, but also produced paintings and lithographs. Zadkine was born on 4 July 1890 as Yossel Aronovich Tsadkin (Russian: Иосель Аронович Цадкин) in the city of Vitsebsk, part of the Russian Empire (now Be......
Aleksandra Ekster (1882 - 1949) - Belarus (Białystok)
Cubo-Futurism, Art Deco, Suprematism, Art Nouveau, Constructivism
Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster (em russo: Александра Александровна Экстер, em ucraniano: Олександра Олександрівна Екстер 6 de janeiro de 1882 - 17 de março de 1949) foi uma pintora e designer franco-russa dos movimentos cubo-futurista, suprematista e construtivista. Aleksandra Ekster nasceu no dia 6 de janeiro de 1882 em Białystok, Império Russo (......
Leon Bakst (1866 - 1924) - Belarus (Grodno)
Art Nouveau, Art Nouveau
Léon Bakst (Russian: Леон (Лев) Николаевич Бакст, Leon (Lev) Nikolaevich Bakst) – born as Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich (later Samoylovich) Rosenberg, Лейб-Хаим Израилевич (Самойлович) Розенберг (27 January (8 February) 1866 – 28 December 1924) was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Bal......
Sergey Konstantinovich Zaryanko (1818 - 1871) - Belarus (Mogilevsk)
Sergey Konstantinovich Zaryanko (Russian: Сергей Константинович Зарянко 6 October 1818, Lyady – 1 January 1870, Moscow) was a Russian portrait painter and art teacher of Belarusian ancestry. He was the son of a serf on the estate of the Lubomirski family. After his father received his freedom, they moved to Saint Petersburg and entered the employ o......
Peter Blume (1906 - 1992) - Belarus (Smarhoń)
Peter Blume (27 October 1906 - 30 November 1992) was an American painter and sculptor. His work contained elements of folk art, precisionism, Parisian Purism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Blume, born in Smarhon, Russia (present-day Belarus) to a Jewish family, [not in citation given] emigrated with his family to New York City in 1912 the family settled ......