CHAGALLTH AND THE CIRCLE OF JEWISH PAINTERS OF THE 20 CENTURY WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES M ARC C HAGALL (1887 - 1985) MARC CHAGALL was born July 7, 1887, in Vitebsk, Russia. From 1907 to 1910, he studied in St. Petersburg at the Imperial Society for the Protection of the Arts and later with Leon Bakst. In 1910 he moved to Paris, where he was associated with Guillaume Apollinaire and Robert Delaunay and encountered Fauvism and Cubism. He participated in the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d’Automne in 1912 and held his first solo show in 1914 at Der Sturm Gallery in Berlin. Chagall visited Russia in 1914 and was prevented from returning to Paris by the outbreak of the war. He settled in Vitebsk where he was appointed Commissar for Art in 1918. He founded the Vitebsk Popular Art School and directed it until his resignation in 1920. He moved to Moscow and executed his first stage designs for the State Jewish Chamber Theater. He returned to Paris in 1923 and his first retrospective took place in 1924 at the Galerie Barbazanges-Hodebert, Paris. In 1933, the Kunsthalle Basel held a major retrospective of his work. During World War II, Chagall fled to the United States. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, gave him a retrospective in 1946. He settled permanently in France in 1948 and exhibited in Paris, Amsterdam and London. During 1951, he visited Israel and executed his first sculptures. During the 1960s, Chagall continued to travel widely, often in association with large- scale commissions he received. Among these were the windows for the synagogue of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, installed in 1962, a ceiling for the Paris Opera installed in 1964, murals for the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, installed in 1967, and windows for the Cathedral in Metz, France, installed in 1968. An exhibition of the artist’s work from 1967 to 1977 was held at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, in 1977-78, and a major retrospective was held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1985. Chagall died March 28, 1985, in St. Paul-de-Vence, France. WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com © 134648 Deux ânes verts, 1980 Oil on canvas, 39 x 32 inches WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com 134649 © Le Cirque, 1979 -1981 Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 inches WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com R EUVEN R UBIN (1893 - 1974) REUVEN RUBIN was born in Galati to a poor Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. He first studied art at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. However, he found that his artistic views clashed with those taught and left to pursue his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. The painters who depicted the country’s landscapes in the 1920s rebelled against Bezalel. Rubin’s modern yet naïve style por- trayed the landscape and inhabitants of Israel in a sensitive fashion defined by a spiritual, translucent light. Biblical folklore and people along with sun-bathed landscapes were reoccurring themes in Rubin’s works. And, in accordance with his integra- tive style, he signed his first name in Hebrew and his surname in Roman letters. In 1924, Rubin became the first artist to have a solo exhibition at the Tower of David in Jerusalem. He was also elected chair- man of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Palestine. In addition, many theaters, including the Habima and the Ohel, commissioned Rubin to design stage backdrops. In October 1974 Rub died in Tel Aviv. A collection of his paintings was left to the city of Tel Aviv, and in 1983, The Rubin Museum opened, with his daughter-in-law, Carmela Rubin as director and curator. WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com 134662 © From my Window, 1924 Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com 134653 © Les Oliviers, 1958 Oil on canvas, 28 x 35 inches WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com © 134663 Jewish Shephard and Sheep Watercolor and pencil on paper, 13 x 10 inches WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com 134654 © Springtime, 1946 Oil on canvas, 25 x 32 inches WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com O TH O N F RIESZ (1879 - 1949) ACHILLE-ÉMILE-OTHON FRIESZ, known as Othon Friesz, was born in Le Havre in 1879. His parents encouraged him to become a painter and as soon as 1892 he began training at the École des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre. Here he worked at Charles-Marie Lhullier’s workshop and developed lasting friendships with Raoul Dufy and George Braque. In 1897 Friesz was granted a scholarship and studied until 1903 under Léon Bonnat at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. During this time he met with Henri Charles Manguin, Albert Marquet, Henri Matisse and Charles Camoin, and was heavily influenced by Camille Pissaro. In 1900 Friesz made his artistic debut at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français, he ex- hibited work in 1904 at the first Salon d’Automne and again in 1906 at the Salon des Indépendants. The artist travelled extensively, often participating in exhibitions. As he visited Portugal in 1911, Belgium in 1912, Munich and Düsseldorf he became well known throughout Europe. Participation in the Armory Show in New York and Chicago brought him recognition in America. In 1937 Friesz and Raoul Dufy decorated the Palais de Chaillot on the occasion of the world fair in Paris. In addition, he taught at the Académie Moderne in Paris between 1912 and 1921, at the Académie Scandi- nave from 1925 and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière from 1944 onward. Friesz’s works varied in style, ranging from traditional, austere technique to some of the boldest examples of Fauvism. WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com 133913 © Après-midi d’été, ca. 1935 Oil on canvas, 28 x 23 inches WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com WALLY FINDLAY GALLERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 165 WORTH AVENUE, PALM BEACH FL 33480 • (561) 655 2090 124 EAST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 • (212) 421 5390 www . WA L LY F i N d L AY . com M O ISE K ISLING (1891 - 1953) MOISE KISLING was born in Kracow, Poland. Despite that his parents wished him to be an engineer, he entered the Art Academy of Kracow when he was fifteen. There he was introduced to French Impressionist art and was encouraged to go to Paris.