Inspiring painting displays a Holy Rabbi illuminated. Oil on canvas
Lazar Krestin – Born in Kovno, was an artist famous in the German art world for Judaic genre scenes and his many sober portraits of Eastern European Jews.
His father was a Talmud teacher. His first lessons were at the drawing school in Vilnius, followed by studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He was one of the most prominent students of Isidor Kaufmann. He worked in Munich, Vienna and Odessa before going to Jerusalem in 1910 at the request of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design founder, Boris Schatz. He specialized in landscape paintings, reflecting the style of the great French impressionists. His work also contains many portraits and genre scenes of East European Jewish life.
Excellent condition
Signed bottom right,
10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. Portrait. (26 x 21cm)
17in. x14.5in. Framed. (43cm x 36cm)
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