Nathan GRUNSWEIGH (1880-1956)
"Street View"
Polish-French School / École de Paris
Technique: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 54 × 73 cm (+ framed)
Signature: p.d.: Grunsweigh
Conservation state: very good, framed painting
Nathan Grunsweigh (1880-1956) - Krakow-born, Polish-Jewish painter associated with the École de Paris movement. After a childhood spent in Antwerp, he settled permanently in Paris, where he became part of the artistic milieu of Montparnasse.
He was friends with Chaïm Soutin and Michel Kikoïn, among others.
He created cityscapes, still lifes, portraits and genre scenes. His paintings combined vivid colors, geometric forms and clear contours, inspired by Post-Impressionism, Fauvism and Cubism.
He exhibited at the Autumn Salon, the Salon des Independents and the Galerie Pierre (1924, individually), among others. Although forgotten for years, today his work is regaining its rightful place - including exhibitions at the Museum Villa la Fleur (2020).
He died in 1956 in Paris, buried in Montparnasse Cemetery.
