Dimensions: 80 x 40 cm
signed lower right: 'Aberdam'
inscribed by the artist on the reverse: 'No. 36 | Aberdam | 1958 | 14 (...) | Marseille (13)', marked with the inventory number '203' on the reverse and on the stretcher, with inventory labels on the stretcher
Exhibited
Outstanding Jewish Artists. From the collection of David Malk and the Signum Foundation, Museum of the History of the City of Łódź, Signum Foundation, 2004
Bibliography
Outstanding Jewish Artists. From the Collection of David Malk and the Signum Foundation, exhibition catalog, Museum of the History of the City of Łódź, Signum Foundation, Łódź 2004, p. 146, cat. no. 2 (ill.)
Biography
In 1913–14, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. From 1917, he lived in Moscow, where he became acquainted with Russian avant-garde art. He continued his studies from 1921 to 1923 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Teodor Axentowicz. He also studied in Alexander Archipenko’s studio in Berlin from 1922 to 1923. In 1923, he moved to Paris, where he became associated with the Ecole de Paris circle. He exhibited in Warsaw, Paris, London, and Tel Aviv, among other places. Together with Zygmunt Menkes, Joachim Weingart, and Leon Weissberg, he formed the “Group of Four.” He painted landscapes, figural scenes, and still lifes, as well as scenes of musicians and theater interiors. He exhibited, among other places, at the Autumn Salons in Paris, at the Galerie Zak and Bernheim-Jeune, as well as at exhibitions of Polish art in Paris, Lviv, Kraków, and Warsaw. He was a member of the Group of Independent Artists. His paintings can be viewed, among other places, at the National Museum in Warsaw, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and the Tel Aviv Museum.
