Leon
Weissberg
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Born
in Przeworsk (Galicia), Poland, (1893 - 1943)
Leon Weissberg received a traditional Jewish education and in 1914-15 studied in the art academies of Vienna and Munich. In 1923, he arrived in Paris where he painted primarily Parisian cityscapes, flower compositions, and circus scenes. Leon Weissberg exhibited regularly in the various salons of Paris, and in 1929 he exhibited his noteworthy painting The Jewish Bride in Galerie Bonaparte. After
the occupation of Paris he escaped to the free zone in the south of France,
but was arrested on February 1943, interned in the concentration camp in
Gurs and was deported to a death camp on March 6, 1943.
In
1980, an extensive catalogue of Leon Weissberg’s known works was published
in Paris.
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Portrait of MAn Sitting (Franz Kafka), oil on canvas, 93 x 74 cm |
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