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Ada Zevin

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Ada Zevin
1959 self portrait
Born3 September 1918
Died23 September 2005 (2005-09-24) (aged 87)
Chișinău, Moldova
NationalityMoldovan
Occupationartist
Known forart, commemorative coin in her honor

Ada Zevin (3 September 1918 – 23 September 2005) was a Moldovan expressionist painter. Moldova issued a commemorative coin in her honor

Life

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Zevin was born in Chișinău, Moldova in 1918. From 1938 to 1940 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest Romania[1]

She had solo exhibitions at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Chisinau, Moldova in 1960, 1970 and 1980.[1]

Zevin died in Chișinău in 2005. She had a solo exhibition at the United Nations in Chisinau, Moldova.[1] In 2018 a commemorative coin[2] was minted as part of the famous women series, to celebrate the centenary of her birth.[3] An exhibition in her honor was organised at Moldova's National Museum of Art.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Artists from Moldova : Ada Zevin". orhei.dnt.md. Archived from the original on 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  2. ^ "Ada Zevin - 100 years since birth". National Bank of Moldova. 28 December 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Ada Zevin - 100 years since birth | National Bank of Moldova". www.bnm.md. Archived from the original on 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  4. ^ "Ada Zevin". www.visit-city.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2019-10-01.