Moisey Feigin
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Moisey Aleksandrovich Feigin (October 23, 1904 – April 26, 2008) was a Russia
n artist
of Jewish extraction. Feigin held the Guinness World Records
for the world's oldest professional working artist until his death in 2008 at the age of 103.
Feigin was born on October 23, 1904. He was the last surviving member of the Bubnovyi Valet, an art group which performed during the early 20th century. His last personal art exhibition was held from April 27, 2007, until May 10, 2007 at the Central House of Artists in Moscow
, Russia
. Feigin was 102 years and 199 days old at the time that this last exhibition opened. The Guinness World Records officially certified Feigin as the world's oldest professional working artist in February 2008 based on this art exhibition
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Feigin died on April 26, 2008 in Moscow.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
of Jewish extraction. Feigin held the Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
for the world's oldest professional working artist until his death in 2008 at the age of 103.
Feigin was born on October 23, 1904. He was the last surviving member of the Bubnovyi Valet, an art group which performed during the early 20th century. His last personal art exhibition was held from April 27, 2007, until May 10, 2007 at the Central House of Artists in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Feigin was 102 years and 199 days old at the time that this last exhibition opened. The Guinness World Records officially certified Feigin as the world's oldest professional working artist in February 2008 based on this art exhibition
Art exhibition
Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to be for some temporary period unless, as is rarely true, it is stated to be a "permanent exhibition". In American English, they may be called "exhibit", "exposition" or...
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Feigin died on April 26, 2008 in Moscow.