ISRAËL (ISIDOR) PASS (1868 – AFTER 1935) Preparation for the Bar Mitzvah

signed in Cyrillic and dated ‘I. Pass 1911’ (lower right) oil on canvas Framed 55.5 x 69.5 cm Unframed 54 x 68 cm Painted in 1911 Israël Pass, also known as Isidor Alekseevich Pass, was a Russian painter and draughtsman. He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg from 1878 to 1885, receiving the title of second-class artist in the latter year. He exhibited with the Society of Individualist Artists and the Society of Artists of Saint Petersburg (Petrograd). His work includes portraits, still lifes and genre scenes, and was reproduced in Russian periodicals such as Niva, Rodina and Iskra. He also contributed to the decoration of the façades of the church in the Hunters’ Colony at Gatchina. His works are held in several Russian museum collections, including the K. A. Savitsky Penza Regional Art Gallery and the State Literary Museum in Moscow.