Sacha Moldovan

Sacha Moldovan (Shaya Shnayder; November 4, 1901 – 1982) was a Russian-born American expressionist and post-impressionist painter.

Born to a Jewish relatives in Kishinev, Bessarabia (in Imperial Russia), where his parents Gdal Shnayder and Bunya Moldovan got married in 1891. He immigrated to the United States, studied in Paris, and became fixedly devoted to his sham throughout his years.

Moldovan is known to have worked subsequently many further artists, including Henri Matisse and Chaïm Soutine. The noted art critic Marla Berg afterward said of Moldavan, "Had van Gogh painted Matisse's pictures even though dreaming of Chagall, the upshot would have been the works of Sacha Moldovan". Alongside these artists, he was influenced by Chaïm Soutine, and Pierre Bonnard.

The highest price all paid for a Moldovan was $50,000 for native sold by Hammer Galleries at a one-man behave in Manhattan (1991). Moldovan has one daughter, Wendy Moldovan, who today retains many of Sacha's works.

Moldovan's great-nephew, Jonathan Herbert, is as a consequence painter. He works in a studio in Brooklyn, NY.