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Osip Emmanuilovich Braz

1873-1936 Russia/Realism

 

Brief Biography-Osip Emmanuilovich Braz was a Russian realist painter. He studied at the Odessa Art School, The Munich Academy of Fine arts and finished at The Saint Petersburg Academy of Fine arts under Ilya Repin. Braz collected and restored works of art alongside painting and achieved considerable success through his portraiture. He lived in France from 1907 to 1911. He became an Academician in 1914, was a curator of the department of Dutch paintings at the Hermitage in 1918 and directed a studio in the Saint Petersburg Academy in 1920. Braz was arrested in 1924 for suspected espionage and imprisoned for three years. During his incarceration, the state seized his art collection. After a spell in Germany, when he was released, he moved to Paris, where he painted and dealt with art for the remainder of his days.

 

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anton chekhov

anton chekhov


apple harvest

apple harvest

countess elena
tolstaya

countess elena tolstaya


e m martynova

e m martynova

konstantin
konstantinovich

konstantin konstantinovich


lola braz

lola braz


reminiscence

reminiscence


saint petersburg

saint petersburg

sergei vasilyevich
ivanov

sergei vasilyevich ivanov by Osip Emmanuilovich Braz

still life
with apples

still life with apples

still life
with copper pot

still life with copper pot

the artist alexander
sokolov

the artist alexander sokolov

the artist konstantin
pervukhin

the artist konstantin pervukhin


vegetables and fish

vegetables and fish


wife

wife

woman
drinking tea

woman drinking tea