SAMUEL ROTHBORT (1882-1971)

Samuel Rothbort became known for his work in oil, watercolor, and sculpture in wood and stone. His accomplished pen and ink drawings are yet to be exhibited. He named his impressionistic style “Direct Art” and which he “equated with truth”. This separated him from the French Impressionists since he always completed a work on site; never in his or any other studio.

Samuel Rothbort was born in November 1882 in Valkovisk (Polesia), White Russia. His father was a scholar and his mother was the breadwinner, operating a flour and grain stand. As a seven year old child he was molding and sculpting with his mother’s dough when she baked. During his youth, Samuel wor...