Jakub Weinles
| Jakub Weinles | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jakub Weinles 1870 Starokostiantyniv, Poland |
| Died |
1938 Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality |
 Polish |
| Education | School of Fine Arts in Warsaw |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Realism, Symbolism |
Jakub Weinles (born 1870 in Starokostiantyniv, died 1938 in Warsaw) was a Polish painter of Jewish ancestry, creating art around Jewish culture, and an active participant of the Jewish Society of the Nurture of Fine Arts (Yiddish: Jidiszer Gezelszaft cu Farszprajnt Kunst, Polish: Żydowskie Towarzystwo Krzewienia Sztuk Pięknych).[1]
Weinles studied at Wojciech Gerson's art class, and at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the 1890s.[2] Completed art worskshops with Szymon Hollosy in Munich. In 1898, he returned to Warsaw where he painted with other Jewish painters.[3] His wife was Łucja from the House of Kaufman, with who he had two daughters: Franciszka Themerson, also a painter and Maria Chajnik. He is buried at the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw; however, his headstone has not survived.[4][5]
On the Eve of Yom Kippur
Nude
Portrait of a Jew
References
- ↑ "WEINLES JAKUB". Sztelt. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ↑ "Jakub Weinles". Artinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ↑ "Weinles Jakub". Żydowski Instytut Historyczny. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ↑ Zimler, Henryk Kroszczor, Henryk (1983). Cmentarz żydowski w Warszawie = Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw (Wyd. 1. ed.). Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawn. Nauk. ISBN 83-01-04304-0.
- ↑ "Main Page". Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
External links
Media related to Jakub Weinles at Wikimedia Commons