Henryk Epstein (1891 Lodz - 1944 Auschwitz), People in the harbor
Watercolor, paper, 40 x 55 cm in light passe-partou, frame dimensions 57 x 73 cm,
signed in pencil p. d.: H. Epstein
The works will be available for viewing on 10.12.2022 (Saturday) from 11.00 - 17.00 at the Antiquarian Art Gallery, 25 Emilii Plater Street, 00-688 Warsaw.
Biography
Henryk (Chaim) Epstein (1891 Lodz - 1944 Auschwitz) - Polish painter and graphic artist of Jewish origin who belonged to École de Paris. He began studying drawing and painting at the school of Jakub Kacenbogen in Lodz. He studied from 1910 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich then from 1912 at the Paris Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In 1929-31 Epstein visited Brittany - he stayed in Quiberon and in Concarneau where he painted paintings and watercolors with views of ports and fishermen. He exhibited at the Independent Salons (1921-23, 1925, 1928) and at the Autumn Salon in 1921 and the Salon des Tuilleries in 1927-31. He was friends with Utrill, Chaim Soutin and Amadeo Modigliani. Henry Epstein's initial work bore traces of the influence of Post-Impressionism and the paintings of Paul Gauguin. Subsequent periods of his work included Fauvism, Expressionism and Cubism.
