BrAZ Osip (Joseph)

1873, Odessa - 1936, Paris. Studied at Odessa drawing school and IAH in the workshop and. E. Repin. In the early 1890's worked in Munich and Paris. He was a member of the exhibitor and the World of Art "(1900-03, 1911-17), CPX (1903-06), Society of South Russian artists, etc.. In 1918-20 - the keeper of the Hermitage. After 1928 he left for Paris. Create a gallery of portraits of artists, among them - "Portrait of Anton Chekhov's most famous and perhaps the most successful image of the writer. According to AN. Benoit, work Braz distinguish the "maturity of taste and some Europeanism". His works are in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; SRM, St. Petersburg, Perm Art Gallery, Art Gallery, Odessa, Samara Art Museum, etc.. meetings.