Chassidic Rabbi at Study. Oil on board. Original gilt frame within "shadow-box."
AUCTION 39 |
Thursday, April 03rd,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 353
KRESTIN, LAZAR.
Chassidic Rabbi at Study. Oil on board. Original gilt frame within "shadow-box."
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Lazar Krestin was born in Kovno in 1868. He studied art in Vienna and Munich and primarily created landscape paintings reflecting the style of the great French Impressionists. He also painted many portraits and genre scenes of European Jewish life. Krestin died in 1938