American, born Russia (1879-1963)

Engraver, painter Albert Abramovitz was born in Riga, Russia on January 24, 1879.
Landscape-Urban engraver, active in New York and California
Abramovitz studied at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and Grande Chaumiére in Paris.

He was a resident of Los Angeles in 1927-29; by the late 1930s he had settled in Brooklyn, NY and was active there until his death on July 14, 1963.

Exh: Universal Expo (Turin, Italy), 1911; AIC, 1938. In: NY Public Library; British Museum; Library of Congress; MM. 1 WWAA 1938-53; NY Times, 7-14-1963 (obit).

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