Selected dates:
December 7, 1881
Born in the city of Mstislavl (Mogilev province, Russian Empire, now Mogilev region, Republic of Belarus) in a Jewish family. He was sent by his parents to be trained as a painter.
1902
He entered the Kiev Art School, which became subordinate to the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts.
1904
While studying, he took part in the 24th exhibition of the Moscow Society of Art Lovers (MOLKH) in Kiev and Moscow.
1904
He graduated from college, received a scholarship for a trip abroad and went to Munich for three years, continuing his education at the famous art school of Anton Azhbe and the Munich Academy of Arts.
1907
Manevich's works were widely presented at a personal exhibition at the Munich gallery Kunst Verein.
1909
Participated in the exhibition of the Kiev magazine "In the World of Arts".
1910
Participated in the 4th exhibition of paintings by Kiev artists.
1910
A personal exhibition of works by Abram Manevich took place at the Kiev Art, Industrial and Scientific Museum of Emperor Nikolai Alexandrovich (now the National Art Museum of Ukraine).
1910–1915
Lived in Western Europe, traveling through Switzerland, Italy, England and France.
Since 1911
Exhibited in Parisian salons.
1913
Held a solo exhibition at the Durand-Ruel gallery in Paris. At this time, two of the artist’s works were purchased by the Lyon Art Museum, and one by the Luxembourg Museum in Paris.
1915
The artist returned to Russia. He participated in Kyiv, Moscow and Petrograd exhibitions, and became a member of the Moscow branch of the Jewish Society for the Encouragement of Arts.
1916
A personal exhibition of Abram Manevich took place in Petrograd, at the Nadezhda Dobychina Art Bureau.
1917–1921
He taught at the Ukrainian Academy of Arts.
1919–1920
He took an active part in the creation of the Kultur-League (League of Culture) Museum of Plastic Arts in Kiev, a Jewish cultural and social organization whose goal was the development of education, literature and theater in the Yiddish language, as well as Jewish music and fine arts.
1921
He was forced to emigrate with his family. After a short stay in Warsaw, where he took part in an exhibition of the Society of Polish Artists, Maniewicz moved to the United States, where he lived and worked until the end of his life.
1922–1938
Held a number of personal exhibitions in the USA.
1923
Participated in the “Exhibition of Russian Painting and Sculpture” at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.
1925
He presented his works in the Russian departments of the 24th International Painting Exhibition in Pittsburgh.
1926
Participated in the Carnegie International Exhibition in New York.
1926
Participated in the "International Exhibition in honor of the 150th anniversary of the United States" in Philadelphia.
June 30, 1942
Died in New York.