Beliana
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Bella Chapoval
13 July 1911
Beliana | |
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Белиана | |
 Beliana painted by Van Gindertaêl, 1945 | |
| Born | Белла Шаповал Bella Chapoval 13 July 1911 Kyiv, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 1 August 1992 (aged 81) 9th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Education | Académie de la Grande Chaumière |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse | Michel Moisesco |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Youla Chapoval (brother) |
| Musical career | |
| Also known as | Bella Sesco |
| Instruments | |
Bella Chapoval-Moisesco (née Chapoval[a]; Ukrainian: Белла Шаповал-Муазеско; 13 July 1911 – 1 August 1992), known as Beliana (Ukrainian: Белиана), was a Ukrainian-French painter, opera singer and concert pianist.[1][2]
Bella Chapoval (Ukrainian: Белла Шаповал) was born on 13 July 1911 in Kyiv to a Jewish-Ukrainian family.[1][2] The second of three children, Beliana was the older sister of the painter Youla Chapoval.[2][3]
Following the Russian Revolution, the family left Ukraine and settled in Paris in 1924.[2] Beliana first worked as a concert pianist and later began her opera career under the pseudonym Bella Sesco.[3] In 1943, Chapoval's mother, Vera Shapoval (1883–1943), and eldest sister died in Auschwitz.[2][4]
Upon her brother's death in December 1951, Beliana devoted herself to painting.[2][3] Beliana studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.[3]