Ossip Bras
(1873–1936) Russian artist (1873-1936)
Ossip Bras (France, 1873–1936) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Ossip Bras belongs to the chapter ‘The avant-garde’ in this site’s history of art.
Ossip Bras was born in Odesa and died in Paris. Ossip Bras trained at Hrekov Odesa Art school, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, and Imperial Academy of Arts. The teachers included Kyriak Kostandi and Ilya Repin. Ossip Bras became a member of Society of South Russian Artists and Mir iskusstva.
The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, landscape painting, and still life. The catalogue has 8 works by Ossip Bras with free images. The dated works span the years 1896–1915. Works by Ossip Bras are held by Ryska museet, Tretjakovgalleriet, Pavlovsk Museum-Preserve, and Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Fernand-Louis Gottlob, Károly Kernstok, Albert André Guillaume, Georges Bertin Scott, and Vojtěch Preissig.