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Henri Epstein BIOGRAPHY
1891 Lodz, Poland - 1944 Auschwitz, Poland. Known for: Modernist, expressionist landscape, still life and figure painting.
Henri Epstein was born in 1891 in Lódz, the son of an antiquarian, and became one of the notable Polish-Jewish painters associated with the École de Paris. He first studied at the private Drawing... Read full biography
Henri Epstein was born in 1891 in Lódz, the son of an antiquarian, and became one of the notable Polish-Jewish painters associated with the École de Paris. He first studied at the private Drawing School of Jakub Kacenbogen in Lódz, and around 1910 continued his training in Munich. In 1913 he... Read full biography
Henri Epstein was born in 1891 in Lódz, the son of an antiquarian, and became one of the notable Polish-Jewish painters associated with the École de Paris. He first studied at the private Drawing School of Jakub Kacenbogen in Lódz, and around 1910 continued his training in Munich. In 1913 he settled permanently in Paris, where he studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and entered the artistic milieu of Montparnasse. There he formed close friendships with Marc Chagall, Amedeo Modigliani,... Read full biography
Henri Epstein was born in 1891 in Lódz, the son of an antiquarian, and became one of the notable Polish-Jewish painters associated with the École de Paris. He first studied at the private Drawing School of Jakub Kacenbogen in Lódz, and around 1910 continued his training in Munich. In 1913 he settled permanently in Paris, where he studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and entered the artistic milieu of Montparnasse. There he formed close friendships with Marc Chagall, Amedeo Modigliani, and Chaim Soutine, becoming part of the vibrant community of émigré artists shaping the Parisian avant-garde. From the early 1920s Epstein exhibited regularly in the Paris Salons. During the 1920s and 1930s he painted extensively en plein air in... Read full biography
Henri Epstein was born in 1891 in Lódz, the son of an antiquarian, and became one of the notable Polish-Jewish painters associated with the École de Paris. He first studied at the private Drawing School of Jakub Kacenbogen in Lódz, and around 1910 continued his training in Munich. In 1913 he settled permanently in Paris, where he studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and entered the artistic milieu of Montparnasse. There he formed close friendships with Marc Chagall, Amedeo Modigliani, and Chaim Soutine, becoming part of the vibrant community of émigré artists shaping the Parisian avant-garde. From the early 1920s Epstein exhibited regularly in the Paris Salons. During the 1920s and 1930s he painted extensively en plein air in Auvergne, Brittany, and Corsica, producing landscapes marked by strong colour, expressive contour, and a lyrical sense of atmosphere. His work refl... Read full biography
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Henri Eipstein, Henryk Epstein
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Henri Epstein was born in 1891 in Lódz, the son of an antiquarian, and became one of the notable Polish-Jewish painters associated with the École de Paris. He first studied at the private Drawing School of Jakub Kacenbogen in Lódz, and around 1910 continued his training in Munich. In 1913 he settled permanently in Paris, where he studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and entered the artistic milieu of Montparnasse. There he formed close friendships with Marc Chagall, Amedeo Modigliani, and Chaim Soutine, becoming part of the vibrant community of émigré artists shaping the Parisian avant-garde.
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