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ASKANAZY, MAX:
German
physician; born
at StallupOnen, East Prussia, Feb. 24, 1865.
He
re-
ceived his educationat the gymnasium inKonigsberg, Prussia, and at the university in that city, studying medicine at the latter, and graduating in 1890. In the same year he became assistant at the pathological institute of his alma mater, and in 1893 was admitted to the medical faculty of the university as lecturer. Askanazy is the author of several essays on clinical and pathological-anatomical subjects, among which are " Kasuistisches zur Frage der Alopecia Neurotica," in " Archiv fur Dermatologie und Syphilis," 1890, xxii. 523; " Ueber BothriocephalusAnaemie und die Prognostische Bedeutung der Megaloblasten im Aniimischen Blute, " in "Zeitschrift filr Klinische Medizin," 1895, xxvii., parts 5 and 6; "Ueber den Wassergehalt des Blutes und Blutserums bei Kreislaufstorungen, Nephritiden, Anaemien und Fieber Nebst Yorbemerkungen liber die Untersuchungsmethoden und fiber den Befund unter Phj'siologischen Verthtiltnissen," in "Deutsches Archiv fur Klinische Medizin," 1897, lix. "Ueber die Diagnostische Bedeutung der Ausscheidung des Bence-.Tones'schen Kijrpers durch den Urin," ib.
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of Fine Arts in 1870 as a day-scholar, and was regisIn the latter year he was tered as a student in 1874. awarded the second silver medal for a sketch, and In 1877 he in 1875 the silver medal for a drawing.
received the first silver medal for a sketch, and the second gold medal for a study, " Abraham
Expelling Hagar with Her Son Ishmael." Asknazi was awarded in 1879 a silver medal for a sketch, "The Publican and the Pharisee," and the first gold medal
for a study, "
The Wo-
man Taken
in Adul-
tery." lican "
"The Pubrepresents the
Isaac Lvovich Asknazi.
Pharisees surrounding Jesus, as pious, God-fearing Jews, each wrapped in a "tallif'and with head -ornaments ("teflllin"). For this work the artist was granted a traveling scholarship for four years to enable him to complete his studies.
1900, lxviii.
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ASKANAZY, SELLY
it
German physician;
born Sept. 8, 1866, at Stallupouen, East Prussia. He attended the Kneiphof Gymnasium at Konigsberg, Prussia, and later the university in that city, graduating as doctor of medicine in 1892. Joining the staff of the university medical hospital as junior assistant in the same year, he became in 1894 first assistant. He held this position until 1899, when he resigned owing to his increasing private practise. In 1897 he was appointed lecturer in the university. Askanazy has contributed several essays to the medical journals on the examination of patients for accident insurance, clinic 1 diagnostics, etc. F. T. H.
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ASKENAZY, SIMON
Before his departure from St. Petersburg in May, Asknazi completed his painting " The Wife of the Marano. " This work he left with the academy for exhibition at the Art Exposition in Moscow but 1880,
Polish historian born in 1867 at Zawichwost, government of Sandomir,. Russian Poland studied at the universities of Warsaw and Gottingen, graduating from the latter with In 1897 he was the degree of doctor of philosophy. appointed lecturer, and in 1902 professor extraordinary on universal history to the University of His principal works are: "Die Letzte Lemberg. Polnische Konigswahl," Gottingen; "Studja Historyczno-Krytyczne," Cracow, 2d ed., 1897; "Dzialalnosc Ministra Lubeckiego," 1897; and " Minister:
jum Wielhorskiego," 1898. Many of Askenazy's historical
treatises were pubBibliotekaWarzawska " and in " Kwartalnik Historyczny " They deal mainly with Polish history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
lished in the "
.
Bibliography: S. Orgelbrand, Encyldopedja Pmvszechna, Warsaw, 1898, s.v. II. R.
was
first
exhibited at the
St. Peters-
burg Academy in 1881, under the changed title "In Prison." The alteration of title was probably due to the anti-Jewish riots of 1881, at which period the au-
Early Works.
thorities did not consider
it
politic to
bring the mar-
tyrdom of a Jewess before the eyes of the public. In November, 1880, Asknazi, on his way to Italy, visited the galleries and studios of the capitals of Austria and Germany. While in Vienna he began his painting " Maria of Egypt Reflecting upon the Sins of Her Life," and his sketches "John the Baptist in Prison," "John the Baptist's Head on the Charger," and "The Poet Jehuda Halevi," after Heine's well-known poem. Here he profited greatly by the advice of Hans Makart, who admired his talIn Decement and took a great interest in his art. ber Asknazi arrived in Rome, where Influence he began his painting "Moses, the of Hans Shepherd of Jethro, in the Desert," Makart. which, together with " John the Baptist's Head," he sent in June, 1885, Petersburg Academy, and for which he was granted the degree of Academician of Arts.
to the St.
Both pictures were exhibited at the exposition of academy in 1886; the latter picture being purchased by the academy, and "Moses" by the wellknown collector and art-patron S. M. Tretiakov, of Moscow. At the same exposition four other paintings by Asknazi were exhibited: "Playing Dice," a picture of two Italian boys; "Snow and Frost, representing a thinly clad and shivering Italian boy; "Head of an Italian Woman," and "A Woman the
Russian
Knitting." All four paintings show the influence of the old Italian masters on Asknazi's work.
painter; born at Drissa, governmentof Vitebsk, Jan. He entered the St. Petersburg Academy 28, 1856.
In 1886 Asknazi exhibited in St. Petersburg " The Old Shoemaker " in 1887, " Bad News," a picture of
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