Selected dates:

May 24 (June 5), 1854

Born in Novoaleksandrovsk (Russian Empire, today the Russian Empire).

1867–1879

He worked as an apprentice painter in Dvinsk (today Daugavpils, Latvia).

1880–1886

He entered the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg . Studied under Pavel Chistyakov and Nikolai Laveretsky.

1886

After graduating from the Academy, he lived in Riga , where he met Baron Korf, who invites the painter to his Vitebsk estate, where the baron's friends Repin, Clover and others visit.

1898

He opened a private School of Drawing and Painting in Vitebsk , which existed until 1919 - the first Jewish art school in Russia, which was transformed by Marc Chagall into the Vitebsk Art School (which existed until 1941). Yudel Pan's students were: Lazar Lissitzky, Marc Chagall, Solomon Yudovin, Pyotr Yavich, Ilya Chashnik.

1907, 1914

There were exhibitions of Peng and his students.

March 1, 1937

He was killed and buried in Vitebsk . The circumstances of the murder have not yet been clarified. According to the official version: killed by relatives who wanted to take possession of the inheritance.

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• Movies:

• "Yudel Pan. Deadly nakedness" , directed by Sergey Khovenko, 2011.

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Student memories:

Pyotr Yavich: "When we studied with him, six boys, he treated us like his most beloved sons. Pen was everything for us - both art, and school, and even home. His infinite openness, simplicity and, along with "I have never heard him swear. He did all the instructions gently, without shouting, without raising his voice. Without asking whether we were hungry or not, Yuri Moiseevich warmed tea for us, boiled potatoes in their uniforms, put lumps of sugar, butter, cottage cheese, and a tartan herring.

Marc Chagall: "I love Pan. He lives in my memory, like dad." "Whatever extremes would throw us in art far from you in direction, your image of a sincere hard worker-artist and first teacher is still great. I love you for this."