Short biography of the painter
Leonid Mezheritski
[leo`nid meʒe`ritskij]
Leonid Mezheritski
[leo`nid meʒe`ritskij]
11 December 1930
Born in Odessa.
1949 – 1955
Studied at the Odessa Art Academy, with professors: L.I. Tokareva-Alexandrovich (1-st and 2-nd year), D.M. Frumina (3-rd and 4-th year) and M.D. Muzelmacher.
1956 - 1998
Professional activity, participating in Union, Republican, regional and international art exhibitions, some of the works, e.g. "Self Portrait with Dog" and "Elinka", were bought by state museums of the USSR and foreign art galleries.
1971
Joining the Union of Artists of the USSR.
Work trips to Ukraine and Russia; Italy, Germany, Israel.
Exhibitions of this period (selected):
1958
Republican Art Exhibit, Kiev.
1960/1961
Republican Art Exhibit of Marine Painters, Kiev.
1961
All-Union Exhibit of Marine Artists, Moscow.
1968/1969
Republican Art Exhibit, Kiev.
1970
Republican Exhibit, Kiev.
1997
Exhibit at the Odessa Jewish Culture Centre (together with Eduard Morozov).
from December 1998
Permanent residence in Carmiel, Israel.
Continuing active creative work, making a series of Israeli landscapes, still lives and portraits.
Visits to Berlin, Venice, Paris and Luxembourg.
Exhibitions of this period:
2000
Solo exhibit at the House of Russian Science and Culture in Berlin.
2001, 2003
Exhibits at the Berlin Jewish Art Gallery.
12. November 2007
Passed away after a serious illness. Berlin.
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