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Born in 1938 in Bielorussia, he was captivated
by painting since his early childhood. Thanks to
some artists and teachers of great experience
and talent, this endowment became his
predilection, the raison d'être of his life.
Chapiro's studies started with the artist Peter
Chernyshevsky, and continued later on in the
master class of Boris Zvenigorodsky. After 6
years of studies, he graduated from the Mukhina
Institute of Arts and Industrial Design. ...While
working as a stylist for 7 years, Chapiro did not
leave paintings apart....He was regularly
exhibiting since 1977 till 1987 in the Russia's
avant-garde center at 28, Malaya Gruzinskaya
St. which was meanwhile, in 1981, home of his
solo exhibition. From 1988 to 1990 his paintings
were exhibited at the Muscovite Modern Art
Gallery MARS. Coming to Canada in 1990,
Chapiro established itself in Toronto and joined
immediately the city's artistic life. Then, in 1993,
he moved to Montreal, being fascinated by the
singular charm of this metropolis and its people.
Being highly productive, Chapiro has constantly
enriched his collection with fresh subjects. While
Chapiro's themes have since ever portraits,
landscapes and cityscapes, animals, and flowers,
his style has gradually evolved from a merely
realistic formalist expression towards an unique
painting technique allowing to express at best
the softness and subtlety that forms the bottom
line of the artist's philosophy.
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