Ilya (Ruvim) Mazel (24 January 1890 – 4 July 1967) was a Russian and Soviet Jewish painter. He gained fame for his pioneering work with oriental motifs in the 1920s. He is also known for his series of paintings based on biblical themes and his illustrations for the short stories of

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

. Mazel's studied under Yehuda Pen, and during this period was a classmate of

Marc Chagall Marc Chagall (born Moishe Shagal; – 28 March 1985) was a Russian and French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with the School of Paris, École de Paris, as well as several major art movement, artistic styles and created ...

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artdic.ru (Dictionary of Fine Arts with Illustrations) entry
1890 births 1967 deaths 20th-century Russian painters Russian Jews {{Judaism-bio-stub