Selected dates:

December 7, 1881

Born in the city of Mstislavl (Mogilev province, Russian Empire, now Mogilev region, Republic of Belarus) in a Jewish family. He was sent by his parents to be trained as a painter.

1902

He entered the Kiev Art School, which became subordinate to the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts.

1904

While studying, he took part in the 24th exhibition of the Moscow Society of Art Lovers (MOLKH) in Kiev and Moscow.

1904

He graduated from college, received a scholarship for a trip abroad and went to Munich for three years, continuing his education at the famous art school of Anton Azhbe and the Munich Academy of Arts.

1907

Manevich's works were widely presented at a personal exhibition at the Munich gallery Kunst Verein.

1909

Participated in the exhibition of the Kiev magazine "In the World of Arts".

1910

Participated in the 4th exhibition of paintings by Kiev artists.

1910

A personal exhibition of works by Abram Manevich took place at the Kiev Art, Industrial and Scientific Museum of Emperor Nikolai Alexandrovich (now the National Art Museum of Ukraine).

1910–1915

Lived in Western Europe, traveling through Switzerland, Italy, England and France.

Since 1911

Exhibited in Parisian salons.

1913

Held a solo exhibition at the Durand-Ruel gallery in Paris. At this time, two of the artist’s works were purchased by the Lyon Art Museum, and one by the Luxembourg Museum in Paris.

1915

The artist returned to Russia. He participated in Kyiv, Moscow and Petrograd exhibitions, and became a member of the Moscow branch of the Jewish Society for the Encouragement of Arts.

1916

A personal exhibition of Abram Manevich took place in Petrograd, at the Nadezhda Dobychina Art Bureau.

1917–1921

He taught at the Ukrainian Academy of Arts.

1919–1920

He took an active part in the creation of the Kultur-League (League of Culture) Museum of Plastic Arts in Kiev, a Jewish cultural and social organization whose goal was the development of education, literature and theater in the Yiddish language, as well as Jewish music and fine arts.

1921

He was forced to emigrate with his family. After a short stay in Warsaw, where he took part in an exhibition of the Society of Polish Artists, Maniewicz moved to the United States, where he lived and worked until the end of his life.

1922–1938

Held a number of personal exhibitions in the USA.

1923

Participated in the “Exhibition of Russian Painting and Sculpture” at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.

1925

He presented his works in the Russian departments of the 24th International Painting Exhibition in Pittsburgh.

1926

Participated in the Carnegie International Exhibition in New York.

1926

Participated in the "International Exhibition in honor of the 150th anniversary of the United States" in Philadelphia.

June 30, 1942

Died in New York.