Leopold Pillichowski

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Pilichowski Leopold (Lejb) (1869-1933)

Painter artist. Born 23 III 1869 in the village of Pila (Sieradz county), son of Szaja, merchant of groceries. In 1886 learned in the drawing class of Wojciech Gerson in Warsaw and in September 1887 started studies in the Academy of the Fine Arts in Munich and then in Paris. In the beginning of January 1894 moved to Lodz and lived in the Spacerowa Street (Allee T. Kosciuszki). At this stage of Pilichowski creation the workers and Jewish theme was predominate. Later he lived in Paris (1905-1914) and London (1914-1933), but till the end of his life never broke his contacts with the homeland. He exhibited his works in Krakow (1905), Warsaw (1906, 1909, 1916, 1927, 1928, 1931), Lodz (1911), Lwow (1927). Died 28 VII 1933 in London.

Leopold Pilichowski (March 23, 1869 – July 28, 1933)[1] was a Polish realist painter in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, active during the final years of the foreign partitions of Poland. He was known for his commitment to social commentary and psychological depictions of Jewish themes and characters.[2] In 1914, at the age of 45, Pilichowski emigrated to Great Britain. He served as president of the Association of Polish Jews in London. From 1926 until his death, he was also the president of the Ben Uri Art Society.[2] His work can be found in the permanent collections of the National Museums in Kraków and Warsaw and the City Museum of Łódź.[3][4] More representative work is held at the Jewish Museum of New York ("Sukkot").

Contents 1 Life 2 Selected paintings 3 Notes and references 4 External links Life Pilichowski was born in Piła near Sieradz in central Poland (some sources list the village of Zadzim close to Piła).[5][6] He began his art education with painter Szmul (Samuel) Hirszenberg, his relative, in the nearby metropolitan city of Łódź.[3] He continued art studies in Warsaw with Professor Wojciech Gerson (1886), then in Munich, at the Academy of Fine Arts, and in Paris, at the Académie Julian. While in France, he also exhibited his paintings for the first time. In 1894, he had his first solo exhibition in Łódź.[2]

Pilichowski settled in Łódź around 1894, and began to produce his first engaging paintings about Jewish life in an industrialized environment.[3] He portrayed peddlers, migrants, exhausted travellers at railway stations and dignified mourners at funerals. He also depicted Jewish prayers, gatherings, festivals and holy days. Pilichowski became an active Zionist around 1908 and turned to political portraiture of Zionist leaders. He moved to Paris in 1904, and to London a decade later, with his wife and young children.[3] He visited Mandate Palestine in 1925. While there, he produced a monumental painting showing some 120 people for the opening of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a group portrait which included himself. Back in London, he also painted impoverished Jews from the Whitechapel district. Pilichowski was married to Lena Pilichowski in Poland and had 4 children while in France. He died in London either in 1933 (according to some),[2] or more likely in 1934.[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Pilichowski

לאופולד (לייב) פיליכובסקי (בפולנית: Leopold Pilichowski;‏ 23 במרץ 1869 – 28 ביולי 1933, לונדון) היה צייר יהודי פולני.

פיליכובסקי לצד שמואל הירשנברג, מאוריצי טרמבץ' ויעקב ויינלס היו חלק מהדור הראשון ליוצרים יהודיים שהתעלמו או העניקו פרשנות מקלה לאיסור על יצירת וציור דמות אנושית, הם הלכו בעקבות מאוריצי גוטליב ועסקו בנושאים מההיסטוריה היהודית ומחיי היהודים.

הוא למד אמנות בצורה מקצועית בוורשה, מינכן ופריז. לאחר לימודיו חי ופעל במשך תקופה בלודז', ב-1904 היגר לפריז, וב-1914 התיישב לצמיתות בלונדון שבה נפטר ונקבר בשנת 1934.

מעבודותיו החשובות: "קורבנות הפוגרום", "יום כיפור" ו"סוכות". https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%...