Natan Spigel
Natan Spigel (also: Nathan, Szpigiel/Spiegel/Szpigel) (1892–1942) was a Jewish painter born in
Treblinka
in 1942, and only about 20 of his works survived the Shoah-Holocaust.
Life and artistic career
Natan Spigel was born into an
Ben Uri Gallery in 1930 and also, at a joint exhibition with Jacob Epstein. In Poland Natan Spigel was regularly exhibiting his work, with shows in Łódź, Kraków
and Warsaw (1921, 1928 & 1937).
Spigel considered himself a Jewish painter, and his painting reflected this focus, depicting scenes of Jewish life in Poland, as well as portraits and still-life, in both watercolours and oils. A particularly distinctive feature of some of his watercolours was his use of varnish to give age and contrast. Spigel was a key member of the
Expressionist group Jung Idysz.[1]
He was also a member of ‘Start’, a group of mainly Jewish, Łódź artists, who exhibited across Poland throughout the 1920s and '30s. By the 1930s, his work was in collections in Poland, London, and Israel.
Shortly after the
German invasion of Poland, in 1939, Natan Spigel, together with his family, was interned in the Radomsko ghetto
. He continued to paint during this time. He was murdered in the Treblinka extermination camp in 1942.
Today Natan Spigel’s work can be seen in public collections in Tel Aviv, London, Lublin, and Ein Harod. Only about 20 of his paintings are definitely known to have survived.
References
- ^ a b c http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/lodz/noted.htm, Shtetlinks, Noted Citizens of Lodz, Szpigiel (SPIEGEL), Natan (1900-1943), Retrieved February 1, 2011.
External links
see : natanspigel.com
see: https://archive.org/details/ottoschneidpapers
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