Ainbinder Masha (1940)

Ainbinder (Einbinder) Masha (Marina) (born 1940, Moscow) – Artist, teacher of painting and drawing.

In 1948, the Ainbinder family moved from Moscow to Riga.

Masha’s father, Semyon Ainbinder, was a professor and scientist in the field of solid-state physics (see the article Einbinder, Semyon).

Her mother, Nataliya Etingof, was a theatre director (see the article Etingof, Nataliya).

In 1957, Masha Ainbinder completed secondary school. She worked as a draughtswoman at the Riga Porcelain Factory (formerly the Kuznetsov Factory), then studied for two years at the Faculty of Painting at the Moscow Kalinin Art and Industrial School. In 1962, she entered the Faculty of Painting at the Latvian Academy of Arts and graduated in 1969. Among her academy teachers, the renowned Latvian landscape painter, Professor Konrāds Ubāns, had the greatest influence on her work.

Since 1968, Masha Ainbinder participated in exhibitions, taking part in 42 republican exhibitions. She has also designed theatrical productions and received high praise as a teacher of painting and drawing. Her teaching approach helps students discover their own unique responses to artistic challenges.

In 1976, she was accepted into the Latvian Artists' Union. The Art Museum holds four of her paintings, and another seven are in the collection of the Arsenal Gallery.

In 1992,Masha Ainbinder repatriated to Israel and now lives in Jerusalem. She continues to work actively and take part in exhibitions. She is a laureate of the Gelberg Prize (1998) and the Ish-Shalom Prize (2002).

Her works are held in museums and private collections in Latvia, as well as in Israel, Russia, France, the USA, and other countries. Art critics highly appreciate her work, noting her as a refined artist with a deep understanding of true art and a unique vision of reality.

Publications:

Masha Ainbinder. Not About Myself, Jerusalem Journal, 2005, No. 20–21.

M. Ainbinder, artazart.net. On Artists.