Abraham Neumann, Street

39.0 x 33.3cm - oil, cardboard signed l.d.: A. Neuman


Abraham Neuman (Neumann) - painter and printmaker; came to Warsaw in 1891 and studied at the Drawing School, making a living by painting portraits according to photographs. In 1897 he began studying at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow under Jacek Malczewski. In 1900 he went to Paris, studied at the Académie Julian and copied paintings at the Louvre. He visited Holland, Belgium, England and Germany. After returning to Krakow in 1901-1902, he continued his studies at the Academy under Leon Wyczółkowski and Jan Stanislawski. After his studies, he settled in Cracow, from where he would go on plein-air painting trips to the Tatra Mountains. Later he also lived in Zakopane, Nowy Targ and Warsaw. During World War I he stayed in Vienna. Around 1918 he left for the United States for three years. He also traveled in France, spent several years in Brittany, was in England, Holland, Belgium, visited Berlin, Vienna, Munich and traveled to Palestine. From 1925 to 1927 he taught at the Jerusalem School of Fine Arts and Artistic Industries "Bazalel". He presented his paintings at many exhibitions, including in Cracow, Warsaw, Lodz, Drohobych and Lvov. He also exhibited abroad - in Paris, Vienna and on several occasions in Germany. He painted mainly landscapes from the area near Krakow, the Tatra Mountains and Zakopane, Kazimierz, Warsaw, from his travels in France (Brittany) and Palestine. After 1911, he also painted architecture, still lifes and interiors, and in the 1920s portraits and figural compositions. He was involved in printmaking. From 1941 he was in the Kraków ghetto; he died during its evacuation.