Lot 649: Efraim Seidenbeutel (Poland, 1903-1945) - "Rabbi"

Efraim Seidenbeutel (Poland, 1903-1945) - Rabbi,

Oil on Board.

Efraim Seidenbeutel (פולין, 1903-1945)  

שמן על עץ.

חתום.

 50x34ס"מ. 

מסגרת: 64x49ס"מ.

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The Seidenbeutel brothers were Polish Jewish artists who were twins.

Efraim Seidenbeutel and Menasze Seidenbeutel were born on December 7, 1907.

They were killed in 1945, at the Flossenburg concentration camp. They had two brothers who were also artists: Jozef, the oldest, was a painter and Hirsz, the youngest, was a sculptor.

The Seidenbeutels are considered "Interwar Artists" and painted in the Post-expressionism of Ecole de Paris. They painted mostly landscapes and still life scenes. The twins had a unique way of working; one brother would start a painting and the other brother would finish it. They would sign the painting with just their surname. Even the works the twins created separately have an almost identical style.