Dimensions: 65.5 x 54 cm
signed lower left: 'Benn'
On the reverse: a partially preserved inventory label and a note of ownership
Biography
From 1926 to 1930, he worked as a theater set designer. In 1927, he held his first exhibition in Białystok; from 1928 onward, he exhibited in Warsaw. In 1929, he received a three-year scholarship to study in Paris, where, beginning in 1930, he attended Fernand Léger’s studio. He settled permanently in Paris, becoming a French citizen. He was a key figure in the broad international Ecole de Paris movement of the interwar period. He remained faithful to figurative art with a tendency toward geometric stylization. During World War II, he was imprisoned along with his wife in a transit camp; he avoided deportation thanks to the help of Jean Paulhen, who hid him until the end of the war.
