Sacha Moldovan (born Shaya Gdalyevich Shnayder,[1] Russian: Шая Гдальевич Шнайдер; November 4, 1901 – 1982) was a Russian-born American expressionist and Post-Impressionist painter.
Born to a Jewish family 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 unyieldingly devoted to his work throughout his years.
The noted art critic Marla Berg once said of Moldavan,[2] "Had van Gogh painted Matisse's pictures while dreaming of Chagall, the result would have been the works of Sacha Moldovan".
The highest price every paid for a Moldovan was $50,000 for original sold by Hammer Galleries at a one-man show in Manhattan (1991).