Leopold Gottlieb (1879-1965), Characters

Title: Characters
Author: Leopold Gottlieb
Year: unknown
Technique: Pastel and pencil on paper
Dimensions: 27 x 35 cm, 42.5 x 50 cm (with frame)
Signature: handwritten p.d.: L.Gottlieb
Condition: very good

Provenance:
Private collection - Israel

Leopold Gottlieb (1879 - 1965) Polish painter and printmaker of Jewish descent, youngest brother of Maurycy Gottlieb. Between 1896 and 1902 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Jacek Malczewski and Teodor Axentowicz. After completing his studies, he left Cracow and went to Munich. In 1904 he settled permanently in Paris. He was the originator of the Cracow Group of Five in 1905, which also included Wlastimil Hofman, Mieczyslaw Jakimowicz, Jan Rembowski and Witold Wojtkiewicz. In Paris, he exhibited his paintings at the Salons, Autumn and Independent, as well as the Société Nationale des Beaux Artes and Tuileries. He participated in exhibitions organized by the Vienna Secession. In October 1914, he arrived in Cracow, where he joined the Polish Legions, serving in the so-called Pilsudski Regiment. At that time he was engaged in, among other things, drawing documentation of military life, and created numerous portraits of soldiers. From 1917 to 1919 he exhibited with a group of Polish Expressionists, later known as Formists. After the war, the artist settled in Poland, but before 1920 he moved to Vienna and then to Germany, but in 1926 he returned to Paris. In 1929-1930, he exhibited together with artists affiliated with the Association of Polish Artists "Rhythm"