Friday Evening.

MINKOWSKI, MAURYCY.

Polish, (1881-1930)

Oil on board. Signed and dated by artist lower left. Gilt frame.

Born in Warsaw, Realist painter Minkowski attended in his youth the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts. In 1905 he spent time in Odessa, subsequent to the pogroms of that city, the themes of which appeared in much of his later art. While focusing on motifs of Jewish ritual and culture, Minkowski also incorporated the poverty, suffering and despair of East European Jews. While in Buenos Aires preparing an exhibition of his work for what would be the starting point of a tour through the Americas, Minkowski was tragically killed in an automobile accident.