Ada Zevin (3 September 1918 – 23 September 2005) was a
Moldovan expressionist painter. Moldova issued a commemorative coin in her honor
Life
Zevin was born in
Chișinău
Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the coun ...
, Moldova in 1918. From 1938 to 1940 she studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts
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in
Bucharest
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Romania
She had solo exhibitions at the
National Museum of Fine Arts in Chisinau,
Moldova
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in 1960, 1970 and 1980.
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Zevin died in Chișinău in 2005. She had a solo exhibition at the United Nations in Chisinau, Moldova.][ In 2018 a commemorative coin was minted as part of the famous women series, to celebrate the centenary of her birth. An exhibition in her honor was organised at Moldova's National Museum of Art.]
References
1918 births
2005 deaths
Artists from Chișinău
Moldovan painters
Moldovan women artists
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