This superb, still-life painting by the École de Paris artist Jacob Macznik is alive with color and form. While deliberately never super-realistic in technique, he reliably achieves the sense of reality: one feels one could reach out and grab a pear. In the background is a fine depiction of a sculptured torso done by the painter's younger brother, Ben (Bendet/Beniek) Moncznik (later, Munn), who lived with Jacob, his wife Sonia, and her sister Fanny approximately 1937–1939 in Paris. [Ben was a brief and largely unknown member of the École de Paris. Although he survived the Holocaust, he did not return to sculpture. His pre-war sculptures have never surfaced.]
This painting is privately held by the artist's nephew. Denotation of the copyright is embedded within this low resolution image of the painting.
This painting is privately held by the artist's nephew. Denotation of the copyright is embedded within this low resolution image of the painting.
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