Objects

The painting from 1926 (oil, plywood, 51.5 x 66 cm) presents a landscape of Kazimierz Dolny. In the foreground, there is a meander of the Vistula River, which is the dominant element of the composition. The bushes on the right side obscure some of the town's buildings, but the red roofs of the buildings, mainly granaries, are clearly visible. At the bottom left, a partially erased signature: "H. Lewensztadt".

Henryk Lewensztadt (1893-1963) - painter and draughtsman from Lublin. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw and in Munich. After his studies, he returned to Lublin and often visited Kazimierz Dolny, where he painted views of the town and its surroundings. In 1927, his works were presented in Warsaw and Kraków.In the period from 1931 to 1933, Lewensztadt lived in France. After returning to Poland, he stayed in Zakopane, where he painted mountain landscapes and genre scenes. When the Second World War broke out, he and his wife made their way to the Soviet Union and survived several years in Siberia. In 1946, he returned to Poland, but upon hearing that his entire family had been murdered during the Holocaust, he was shocked and emigrated to Israel.