Albert Abramovitz (Russian/American, 1879 to 1963)
Born in Latvia, Albert Abramovitz studied at the Academie Colorossi and the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris, and at the Imperial Art School, Odessa, Russia. He lived and painted in Paris from 1906 to 1916 and then immigrated to the United States. Returning to Russia to document the construction of the Moscow Subway from 1933 to 1935, he then worked for the New York City FAP WPA from 1935 to 1939.
Information courtesy of Swann Galleries Inc., March 2005.