Description
Oil, canvas; 47 x 39 cm
Signed l.d.: J. Kowner. / 47.
Asking price 900
Estimate 2000 - 2500
◙ droit de suite
Auction 210, 05.03.2022
Jozef KOWNER 1895 -1967
Painter of Jewish origin. He studied in Kyiv and Düsseldorf. During the interwar period he lived in Lodz. Between 1933 and 1935 he published the quarterly magazine "Forma". During World War II he was resettled in the Lodz ghetto, in 1944 he was sent to Auschwitz, and from there to other concentration camps. After the liberation of the camp, he was sent to Sweden for treatment, where he lived until his death. He produced figural compositions, including Jewish subjects, still lifes, rural and urban landscapes.
