20th Century Impressionist Country Landscape Painting by Sacha Moldovan

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Rare painting of Autumnal forest scene by Russian-American painter Sacha Moldovan.

Dimensions:21ʺW × 1ʺD × 17ʺH. Signed bottom left and … Read more Rare painting of Autumnal forest scene by Russian-American painter Sacha Moldovan.

Dimensions:21ʺW × 1ʺD × 17ʺH. Signed bottom left and back.

Sacha Moldovan (Shaya Shnayder;[1] November 4, 1901 – 1982) was a Russian-born American expressionist and post-impressionist painter.

Born to a Jewish family in Kishinev, Bessarabia (in Imperial Russia), where his parents Gdal Shnayder and Bunya Moldovan got married in 1891. He immigrated to the United States, studied in Paris, and became unyieldingly devoted to his work throughout his years.

Moldovan is known to have worked with many other artists, including Henri Matisse and Chaïm Soutine. The noted art critic Marla Berg once said of Moldavan,[2] "Had van Gogh painted Matisse's pictures while dreaming of Chagall, the result would have been the works of Sacha Moldovan". Alongside these artists, he was influenced by Chaïm Soutine, and Pierre Bonnard. See less