Moissej Nappelbaum
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Moissej Nappelbaum «Portraits of Soviet Intellectual Life»
Galerie Berinson presents Moissej Nappelbaum, the unrivaled portrait photographer of Soviet Russia.
The exhibition comprises more than 50 rare original prints, including portraits of Vladimir Tatlin, Anna Akhmatova, Sergej Eisenstein, Maxim Gorki, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergej Prokofiev and Lion Feuchtwanger.
Nappelbaum’s career began with a craft apprenticeship in Minsk, after which he travelled throughout Russia and the United States. In 1910 he moved with his family to Saint Petersburg, where he opened his studio on Nevsky Prospect.
Maxim Gorki, ca. 1930 © Nappelbaum
After Nappelbaum took the first official portrait of Lenin in 1918, an image distributed by the millions, his reputation was sealed. His St. Petersburg portrait studio quickly became the...
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Galerie Berinson presents Moissej Nappelbaum, the unrivaled portrait photographer of Soviet Russia.
The exhibition comprises more than 50 rare original prints, including portraits of Vladimir Tatlin, Anna Akhmatova, Sergej Eisenstein, Maxim Gorki, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergej Prokofiev and Lion Feuchtwanger.
Nappelbaum’s career began with a craft apprenticeship in Minsk, after which he travelled throughout Russia and the United States. In 1910 he moved with his family to Saint Petersburg, where he opened his studio on Nevsky Prospect.
Maxim Gorki, ca. 1930 © Nappelbaum
After Nappelbaum took the first official portrait of Lenin in 1918, an image distributed by the millions, his reputation was sealed. His St. Petersburg portrait studio quickly became the...