159:, Ukraine. As a boy of nine, he watched the painting of icons at the local monastery and it fascinated him. The monks gave him basic painting lessons and by age 15, he was designing sets and costumes for Kherson's Yiddish language theatre groups. In 1907, He went to Jerusalem to study at the Bezalel school of art, then returned to Kerson in 1910 and that year moved to
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interrupted his studies. He was conscripted, deserted and went into hiding for 3 years. In 1915, he married
Russian revolutionary Bryna Avrutick. In 1917, he worked as a set designer for the Odessa Opera House. He also met and married Baila V’Dovitz and fathered a son. In the fall of 1920 Bercovitch
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In 1951, largely through the efforts of Moe
Reinblatt, he was offered a solo show at the new YM/YWHA building in Montreal. The inaugural speaker was to be Dr. Max Stern, one of the leaders among Canadian art dealers, and the exhibition was to open at 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 7. But Bercovitch
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and exhibited there in 1928, 1929, 1932, and 1933 and at the
Independent Art Association in 1932. In 1933, Sidney Carter gave Bercovitch a solo exhibition at his Drummond Street gallery. Bercovitch's second solo exhibition, held in 1934 at
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intensity of colour. He was an important part of the art scene in
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to attend the Bakst-Dobujinsky school. In 1911 Bercovitch won a Dr. Nathan
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Fine Art Galleries, was reviewed favorably by the critics.
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suffered a massive heart before the ceremony and died.
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523:The Life and Work of Alexander Bercovitch, Artist
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