Adolf Behrman

Adolf Behrman
Born
Abraham Adolf Behrman

1876
DiedAugust 1943
NationalityPolish
EducationJakub Kacenbogen's Drawing School
Academy of Fine Arts Munich
Academy of Fine Arts, Paris
Known forPainting
MovementPost-impressionist

Abraham Adolf Behrman (/ˈbɛərmən/; also spelled Bermann; July 13, 1876 – August 1943) was a painter of interwar Poland best known for his outdoor paintings of Jewish shtetl life as well as landscapes and group portraits.[1] He spent most of his life in Łódź and was murdered during the liquidation of the Białystok Ghetto in the Holocaust.[2]

  1. ^ "Biography of the artist Adolph Behrman". Jewishpaintings.wordpress.com. 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  2. ^ Małgorzata Krasucka-Margalit (November 3, 2008). "Abraham Adolf Behrman (Berman) (1976 – 1943)". Łódzki Żyd z Rygi (in Polish). Rzeczpospolita. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2012.