Isaay Mikhailovich Zeitman
Born in 1899 in Alexandria, Elisavetgrad Province. From 1934 to 1940, he studied at the studio of K. Yuon. For 25 years, he taught a course in physics (optics) at the Moscow Bauman Higher Technical School. In the pre-war and post-war years, he maintained close friendships with Robert Falk, Alexander Osmerkin, and other prominent artists.
Works in collections
His works are held in the Feodosia Art Gallery named after I.K. Aivazovsky, as well as in private collections in Russia, the USA, Austria, Germany, and Finland.
Exhibitions and auctions
1933: Exhibition of amateur artists, Moscow;
1983: Solo exhibition, Central House of Writers, Moscow;
1990: Solo exhibition, House-Museum of M. Voloshin, Koktebel, Crimea, Ukraine;
1991: ART MIF 2, Moscow International Art Fair, Central Exhibition Hall 'Manezh', Moscow;
1992: 1st exhibition of the 'STANBET' gallery, Exhibition and Auction Directorate Hall of the International Culture Fund, Moscow;
1993: 'STANBET' gallery exhibition, Mikkeli, Finland.
Critic
The artist lived a remarkable life... He considers painting not a profession but a calling. He continues his art even today at the age of 92. Zeitman's first solo exhibition took place only in 1983 at the Central House of Writers. As a collector of books and albums on fine arts, at various times the artist followed the traditions of French Impressionism. The Moscow school of painting of the first quarter of the 20th century influenced him. His stylistic foundation is a rare combination of natural knowledge as a physicist-optician and a constant interest in European Impressionism. Most of his watercolors and paintings are small, intimate landscapes of Moscow, the Moscow region, and eastern Crimea. A smaller part of his legacy consists of still lifes, portraits of friends and relatives, and, in the last decade, metaphorical genre compositions interpreting classical works of Western and Russian literature. Zeitman's joyful, harmonious creativity is a unique oasis in our visual arts. His painting could be called 'the painting of happiness', created by a man who managed to overcome all the hardships of fate and the turbulent history of his country.
V. Meiland
Bibliography
V. Meiland, 'The Painting of Happiness', Stolitsa magazine, No. 48, 1993;
V. Meiland, 'The Joyful Art', Ogonyok magazine, No. 19-20, 1993;
STANBET Gallery booklet, 1992, Moscow.
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