Landscape By Henry Zvi Lewensztadt 1893-1962

Rare oil on wood depicting a village measuring 54cm x 70cm plus wooden frame with slightly chipped gilding 68cm x 84cm signed lower left H.LEWENSZTADT Henry Zvi LEWENSZTADT born in 1893 in Lublin, died in 1962 in Tel Aviv Active in France from 1930 to 1937, since 1947 in Israel. Polish In 1928 he exhibited three pastel landscapes at the Polish Section of the Salon D'Automne He exhibited in Paris during his stay between 1930 and 1937 From 1947 he showed up in Israel. In 1996 in Paris, the Saphir gallery was able to show a collection of his works executed in Israel. Throughout his wandering life, his works were almost all destroyed, except all those from the Israeli period. He uses a rubbing technique, which closely combines oil, pastel and pen. Bordering on the fantastic, his painting comes out of the current of expressionist realist art specific to Central Europe, and in particular to its Jewish component. Free shipping worldwide