Alexander Bercovitch
Alexander Bercovitch | |
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| Born | March 15, 1891 Kherson, Ukraine |
| Died | January 7, 1951 (aged 59) |
| Burial place | Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Jerusalem's Art School of Bezalel, the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, and briefly at the Bakst-Dobujiinsky school and Stiglitz Academy, both in St. Petersburg |
| Known for | painter, set designer and teacher |
| Spouse(s) | Bryna Avrutick (m. 1915); Baila V’Dovitz |
Alexander Bercovitch (March 15, 1891 – January 07, 1951) was a painter, set designer and teacher, known for his lively picturing and Expressionist intensity of colour. He was an important part of the art scene in Montreal in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as a founding member of the Eastern Group of Painters in 1938 and the Contemporary Arts Society in 1939.