Still-Life with a Model’s Reflection in a Mirror
| Author: | Samuel Tepler (1918–1998 ) |
Samuel (Shmuel) Tepler (b. 1918 Hrubieszow, Poland – d. 1998 Tel Aviv) grew up in a religious family living in a small shtetl. He enrolled in the Art Department of Stephen Báthory University in 1937. During the Second World War he fled with other refugees to Uzbekistan, and later ended up in Siberia, where he painted campaign posters for a living. On his return to his homeland, he found that all his relatives had been killed and the Soviets had taken over Poland. Tepler left for Italy and continued his studies at the Brera Academy in Milan, where he held his first solo exhibition in 1949. He visited Paris several times and was fascinated by Fauvism and the paintings of Henri Matisse. Tepler is known for his style of Figurative Abstraction. In 1951 he emigrated to Israel and settled in Tel Aviv, where he worked as a drawing teacher. He held about 30 solo exhibitions in Israel, as well as Milan, Monaco, Paris, London, Warsaw, and elsewhere. He won many prizes, including a Unesco Gold Medal in 1974.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
Tepler was born in 1918 in Hrubeszow, in southeast Poland. When he grew up he came to Vilnius, and enrolled in the Department of Art at Stephen Batory University. With the start of the Nazi occupation, he fled to the Soviet Union, and at the end of the war he miraculously ended up in Italy. He continued his art studies at Brera Art Academy (Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera) in Milan. He tried to settle in Israel, and lived for some time in the USA, but did not break off his connections with Italy. He died in Tel Aviv in 1998. In 1971, the publishers Il cigno in Milan published a book about Tepler by Mario Lepori, and in 1998, the publishers Schawerna published a book about him by Bartosz Kwiecinski.
Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: MORE THAN JUST BEAUTY (2012). Compiler and author Giedrė Jankevičiūtė.
Samuel (Shmuel) Tepler (b. 1918 Hrubieszow, Poland – d. 1998 Tel Aviv) grew up in a religious family living in a small shtetl. He enrolled in the Art Department of Stephen Báthory University in 1937. During the Second World War he fled with other refugees to Uzbekistan, and later ended up in Siberia, where he painted campaign posters for a living. On his return to his homeland, he found that all his relatives had been killed and the Soviets had taken over Poland. Tepler left for Italy and continued his studies at the Brera Academy in Milan, where he held his first solo exhibition in 1949. He visited Paris several times and was fascinated by Fauvism and the paintings of Henri Matisse. Tepler is known for his style of Figurative Abstraction. In 1951 he emigrated to Israel and settled in Tel Aviv, where he worked as a drawing teacher. He held about 30 solo exhibitions in Israel, as well as Milan, Monaco, Paris, London, Warsaw, and elsewhere. He won many prizes, including a Unesco Gold Medal in 1974.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
Tepler was born in 1918 in Hrubeszow, in southeast Poland. When he grew up he came to Vilnius, and enrolled in the Department of Art at Stephen Batory University. With the start of the Nazi occupation, he fled to the Soviet Union, and at the end of the war he miraculously ended up in Italy. He continued his art studies at Brera Art Academy (Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera) in Milan. He tried to settle in Israel, and lived for some time in the USA, but did not break off his connections with Italy. He died in Tel Aviv in 1998. In 1971, the publishers Il cigno in Milan published a book about Tepler by Mario Lepori, and in 1998, the publishers Schawerna published a book about him by Bartosz Kwiecinski.
Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: MORE THAN JUST BEAUTY (2012). Compiler and author Giedrė Jankevičiūtė.
