Eternal Wanderers
| Author: | Lasar Segall (1890–1957) |
Lasar Segall (b. 1890 Vilnius – d. 1957 Sāo Paulo) was the sixth of eight children. His father, a Torah scribe, sometimes let his son draw the first letters of paragraphs. In 1905 he attended the Mark Antokolsky School of Industrial Art in Vilnius, and from 1906 he studied in Berlin. He continued his studies in Dresden in 1910, and became a member of the German Expressionist group Die Brücke (The Bridge). He held his first solo exhibition in Dresden. Segall travelled extensively in Europe, went to Brazil in 1912, and visited Lithuania almost every year from 1909 to 1918. In 1923 he travelled to Brazil again, and stayed in São Paulo, where two of his brothers and a sister already lived. In 1927 he became a Brazilian citizen, but kept returning to Europe. He lived in Paris from 1928 to 1932, and 1935 to 1938. Segal was a painter, printmaker, sculptor and book illustrator. In 1967 a museum of modern art opened in São Paulo named after him.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
Lasar Segall (b. 1890 Vilnius – d. 1957 Sāo Paulo) was the sixth of eight children. His father, a Torah scribe, sometimes let his son draw the first letters of paragraphs. In 1905 he attended the Mark Antokolsky School of Industrial Art in Vilnius, and from 1906 he studied in Berlin. He continued his studies in Dresden in 1910, and became a member of the German Expressionist group Die Brücke (The Bridge). He held his first solo exhibition in Dresden. Segall travelled extensively in Europe, went to Brazil in 1912, and visited Lithuania almost every year from 1909 to 1918. In 1923 he travelled to Brazil again, and stayed in São Paulo, where two of his brothers and a sister already lived. In 1927 he became a Brazilian citizen, but kept returning to Europe. He lived in Paris from 1928 to 1932, and 1935 to 1938. Segal was a painter, printmaker, sculptor and book illustrator. In 1967 a museum of modern art opened in São Paulo named after him.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
