Selected dates:

January 25, 1892

Born in Chisinau .

1910

He completed his studies at art schools in Chisinau and Odessa. Becomes a member of the Bessarabian Association of Art Lovers.

1912-1914

Studying in Paris . He earns his living by painting and at the same time attends a free academy, where he paints for himself.

1913

He exhibits his first works in one of the best salons of the city - "Autumn", where he immediately attracts attention as a promising artist. During this period, he lives and works in the cult art squat "Beehive".

1915

He enters the service in the French army, in which he stays for about a year. Then, having returned to Russia, he continues to be in military service in the ranks of the Russian army. Finally leaving the army, the artist at first somehow survives in Petrograd, is content with rare orders, temporarily works as a clerk at a construction site.

1918

At the invitation of Yudovin, he arrives in Beshenkovichi, and a few months later he moves to Vitebsk . Together with Chagall (an acquaintance from Paris), Pen, Yudovin, he takes part in the "Exhibition of Jewish Artists", is a member of the artistic commission for decorating Vitebsk for the celebration of the first anniversary of the October Revolution.

Among the works made in Vitebsk, one of the first in the Vitebsk press is the portrait of K. Liebknecht. It was this work that adorned the stage of the city theater.

May 31, 1919

He was invited to the post of decorator at the City Theatre . He was also an instructor in the art section of the out-of-school department of Vitgubono in August 1919 delivering 29 works from Moscow for the Vitebsk Museum of Modern Art. At the same time, the Vitgubono purchasing commission purchased Brazer's "graphic works" for the museum.

1919

He was involved in organizing debates, lectures by Malevich and Romm, the 1st State Exhibition of paintings by local and Moscow artists, and the return of works.

In Vitebsk , he began his teaching activity - he gives private lessons. He also conducts classes in a studio for deaf and dumb children.

1921

Organizes an exhibition of paintings by his deaf and dumb pupils. Analyzing their works, he notes: “Through the fine arts, we can get acquainted with the inner world of a deaf-mute child, with his character, ideas about the outside world, with his concepts of good and evil. The drawings are an independent work of children with their own composition and independent selection colors, which strikes with its originality and refinement of taste in comparison with the drawings of normal children.

1920 -1923

He taught the technique of sculpture at the Free State Workshops, then at the Vitebsk Art and Practical Institute (1922–1923).

“I took up modeling now, because I don’t have paints to devote myself to painting ... I wanted to test myself, being sure that I could cope with a completely new task. The last order of the provincial executive committee - a portrait of Lenin - temporarily helped me out of financial difficulties, and I even took advantage this, in order to buy back my paintings - portraits of Liszt and Blok, which I once sold for nothing. Now I hope to get out of the difficulties thanks to the second order of the provincial executive committee, which I have already taken up. There are no orders at all, almost none.

It was in Vitebsk that Abram Brother made his debut as a sculptor r. While working on the monument to the Swiss teacher Pestalozzi, Brother confessed.

1922

Personal exhibition in Vitebsk club named after Liebknecht Brazer; paintings, drawings and sculptures made in 1918-1922 were shown.

1922

He becomes the head of the painting and sculpture workshop at the Vitebsk Art and Practical Institute , but despite the absence of both Chagall and Malevich by that time, he worked there for only one academic year.

1923

Celebrates a wedding , which is known from Pan's description: "Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending Brother's marriage. We must do him justice that everything was arranged perfectly. Both the wedding and dinner, guests and mehutanim, everything, everything in the latest fashion: port wine, etc., there were so many decorative necessities that from all the drunk wine it was impossible to walk the street from dirt and dampness (the wedding was on Lucheskaya Street with the bride's relatives).After not drinking a glass, I was already in love, but kept on my feet (there was one girl with a very original face). <...> In order to avoid sin, in front of the faithful, I decided to go home, and was like that ... ".

1924

Leaves Vitebsk and settles in Minsk .

1925

As part of the commission, he took part in the selection of exhibits for the First All-Belarusian Exhibition .

1941

A large personal exhibition opened a few days before the start of the Great Patriotic War. 60 works of the artist were presented. All the artist's works in this exhibition were destroyed by the Germans after the capture of the city. Several drawings and several sculptures are all that have survived from the creative work of Abram Brazer created over almost forty years.

1942

The artist and his family were shot in the Minsk ghetto .