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Moses Ezekiel

Moses Jacob Ezekiel (1844 - 1917) was active/lived in Virginia / Italy.  Moses Ezekiel is known for Sculptor-classical figure.

The following information is submitted by The Rev. Randolph M. Bragg

Moses Jacob Ezekiel was born into a large Jewish merchant family in Richmond, Virginia on 28 October, 1844. In 1862, he became the first Jewish cadet to enroll in the Virginia Military Institute, and was a part of the VMI Cadet Corps who fought in the Battle of New Market. After the War, he was one of the ten cadets to return to Lexington to reconstitute the Institute, and graduated in 1866. During this last year in Lexington, he became a close friend of General and Mrs. Robert E. Lee and was the organist in the Lees Episcopal Church.

He returned to Richmond to work in the family business and studied anatomy at the Medical College of Virginia. When the family business failed in 1867, the family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and Ezekiel sailed for Germany determined to make his way in the world as an artist. He gained admittance to the Royal Academy of Art in Berlin, from which he graduated in 1871. He rem   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4822 characters.]  Artist bio

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