Karl
(Tobiasz) Haber
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Born
in Lutomiersk, Poland, (1885 - 1943)
While living in Lodz, Karl Haber worked as an artist's model, and subsequently started painting himself. He left for Paris and lived and worked there for a while, but returned to Lodz sometime in the 1930s. Following
the German invasion, Haber moved to Bialystok and worked as a teacher until
the Germans arrived there. In the Bialystok Ghetto Haber worked in the
Oskar Stephens workshop where he was forced to copy paintings by well-known
masters. Karl Haber died in the Ghetto in August 1943.
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Woman with Dark Hair, oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm |
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