Dimensions: 82 x 60 cm
Signed l.d.: 'Mendjizky'
on the painting loom two paper stickers with biographical information about the artist and description: '70 des [...]', on the frame a stamp of the framing studio
Origin
private collection, France
institutional collection, Poland
Biography
He studied under J. Katzenbogen in Lodz, Poland. In 1908 he went to Paris, from where he often came to Poland. In 1921 he participated in the Exhibition of Jewish Art in Lodz and in the exhibition of Jewish artists in Warsaw. In the same year, he participated in a show of Polish art at the Salon de la Societé Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Since 1939, he has lived in the United States. He is best known for his interwar work associated with the post-impressionist trend of the École de Paris. He painted landscapes and portraits.
