Born in Odziwal, Poland, (1893 - 1942)
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Jacques
Cytrynovitch received a traditional Jewish as well as a vocational education.
During World War I, he was interned in a coal mine by the Germans, but
he subsequently participated in the November 1918 revolution in Berlin.
Following the War, he moved to Paris in response to a long standing invitation
by Naum Arenson, who had met him before the war and encouraged him to come
to Paris. Cytrynovitch worked with Arenson and Bourdelle, creating sculpture
the was true to nature, with an inclination toward the monumental. He exhibited
his work at the Salon d'Automne and in various galleries. Work by Cytrynovitch
can be found in private collections and museums, including the Philadelphia
Art Museum.
Cytrynovitch
was arrested in July 1941 as he was trying to cross the demarcation line
into Southern France, which was still free. He was deported to Auschwitz,
where he died on July 27, 1942.
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