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1892 Odessa, Ukraine - 1942 Auschwitz, Poland. Known for: Abstract surrealist painting, figures, landscape, marine scenes.
Alexandre FASINI (born Saul Finesilber). KIEV 1892 – DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ 1942. Alexandre Fasini, born Saul Finesilber, grew up in a family of grain merchants. He was very young when his mother... Read full biography
Alexandre FASINI (born Saul Finesilber). KIEV 1892 – DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ 1942. Alexandre Fasini, born Saul Finesilber, grew up in a family of grain merchants. He was very young when his mother died. He was one of three brothers, of whom another also became a painter and one was a writer who died... Read full biography
Alexandre FASINI (born Saul Finesilber). KIEV 1892 – DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ 1942. Alexandre Fasini, born Saul Finesilber, grew up in a family of grain merchants. He was very young when his mother died. He was one of three brothers, of whom another also became a painter and one was a writer who died young. Fasini spent his childhood in Odessa. He attended the School of Fine Arts and took classes taught by the Greek Impressionist painter Kiriak Kostandi. He became friends with painter Philippe... Read full biography
Alexandre FASINI (born Saul Finesilber). KIEV 1892 – DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ 1942. Alexandre Fasini, born Saul Finesilber, grew up in a family of grain merchants. He was very young when his mother died. He was one of three brothers, of whom another also became a painter and one was a writer who died young. Fasini spent his childhood in Odessa. He attended the School of Fine Arts and took classes taught by the Greek Impressionist painter Kiriak Kostandi. He became friends with painter Philippe Hosiasson and writer Isaac Babel, and did illustrations for some Odessa newspapers, including Bomba and Iablstchko. He arrived in France aboard a Soviet boat in 1922 and settled in rue Daru. Fasini’s painting was on the fringes of abstraction and... Read full biography
Alexandre FASINI (born Saul Finesilber). KIEV 1892 – DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ 1942. Alexandre Fasini, born Saul Finesilber, grew up in a family of grain merchants. He was very young when his mother died. He was one of three brothers, of whom another also became a painter and one was a writer who died young. Fasini spent his childhood in Odessa. He attended the School of Fine Arts and took classes taught by the Greek Impressionist painter Kiriak Kostandi. He became friends with painter Philippe Hosiasson and writer Isaac Babel, and did illustrations for some Odessa newspapers, including Bomba and Iablstchko. He arrived in France aboard a Soviet boat in 1922 and settled in rue Daru. Fasini’s painting was on the fringes of abstraction and Surrealism. He wished for its work to reflect a new experience, which would give him an original position within the School of Paris... Read full biography
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Alexandre FASINI (born Saul Finesilber)
KIEV 1892 – DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ 1942
Alexandre Fasini, born Saul Finesilber, grew up in a family of grain merchants. He was very young when his mother died. He was one of three brothers, of whom another also became a painter and one was a writer who died young. Fasini spent his childhood in Odessa. He attended the School of Fine Arts and took classes taught by the Greek Impressionist painter Kiriak Kostandi. He became friends with painter Philippe Hosiasson and writer Isaac Babel, and did illustrations for some Odessa newspapers, including Bomba and Iablstchko.
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