Alfred Aberdam (1894-1963) – "The Painter's Family" – Oil on Canvas

Alfred Aberdam (1894-1963) – "The Painter's Family" – Oil on Canvas
The Painter's Family, by Alfred Aberdam (1894-1963). 1936.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated. Mounted on verso is a label from an exhibition held jointly with the journal "Gazette des Beaux-arts".
Alfred Aberdam (1894-1963), born in Lviv (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), started his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich; with the outbreak of World War I, he was drafted into the Austrian army, was wounded and eventually imprisoned by the Russians and sent to Irkutsk in Siberia. After the war, he studied at the Academies of Fine arts in Krakow and Berlin and his first exhibitions were held in Lviv, one by the center of the Jewish community and the second by the Circle of Jewish Art Enthusiasts. In 1923, he moved to Montparnasse, Paris, becoming one of the artists of the École de Paris. He exhibited his works throughout Europe and Palestine; during the war he remained in hiding in Paris, later assisting in reestablishing the union of Jewish painters in the city and even chairing it.
This painting was featured as an example of Aberdam's work in the book "Jewish Art" (Hebrew) edited by Bezalel Cecil Roth. Tel-Aviv: "Masada", 1959. p. 603.
73X60 cm. Good condition.
Provenance: The collection of the Bar-David Museum for Jewish Art and Judaica, Kibbutz Baram (enclosed is a confirmation of purchase of the painting in 2016).