Zdzislawa Lachur ( Poland 1920-2000) " Violinist " Polish Expressionist Judaica Old Icon Style Painting on Board Mixed Media an abstracted depiction of a bearded male wearing Orthodox Jewish attire flanked by (6) smaller figures Signed in Lower Right Corner " Zdzislaw Lachur " Dated work named and Signed in the reverse " 1968 ". 26 1/4"H x 20.5"W Art 20.5"H x 14.5"W Polish painter and graphic artist. The artist's works were presented at collective and individual exhibitions at home and abroad, including in Jerusalem , London , New York , Stuttgart , Paris , Vancouver and Toronto . Lachur's paintings were in possession of, among others, George Harrison , former US lady Jacqueline Kennedy and singer Barbra Streisand . In recognition of his achievements in painting and graphics, in 1961 he received the Minister of Culture and Art Award for lifetime achievement, and in 1979 he was awarded the medal of the Israeli Institute Yad Vashem in recognition of his work devoted to the Jewish people.one of a number of great Polish jewish artists that included Arbit Blatas, Judyta Sobel, Jacques Zucker, Henryk Berlewi, Jacob Epstein, Itshak Holtz and Arthur Szyk, amongst many others. The artist exhibited a lot, his works are represented in numerous museums, especially those related to the memory of war and extermination such as the Jewish Historical Institute and the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem the Haifa Museum the Museum of Modern Art in New York Museum of the Holocaust in Paris. In Overall Good Condition Please look at Photos Closely Out of a New York City Estate

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