Jakub Weinles

Jakub Weinles (1870, Starokostiantyniv – 1938, Warsaw) was a Polish painter of Jewish ancestry, creating art around Jewish culture, and an active participant of the Jewish Society of the Nurture of Fine Arts (Yiddish: Jidiszer Gezelszaft cu Farszprajnt Kunst, Polish: Żydowskie Towarzystwo Krzewienia Sztuk Pięknych).[1]

Jakub Weinles
Born
Jakub Weinles

1870
Starokostiantyniv, Poland
Died1938
Warsaw, Poland
Nationality Polish
EducationSchool of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Known forPainting
MovementRealism, Symbolism

Weinles studied at Wojciech Gerson's art class, and at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the 1890s.[2] Completed art workshops with Szymon Hollosy in Munich. In 1898, he returned to Warsaw where he painted with other Jewish painters.[3] His wife was Łucja from the House of Kaufman, with whom he had two daughters: Franciszka Themerson, also a painter and Maria Chajnik. He is buried at the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw; however, his headstone has not survived.[4][5]

References
  1. "Weinles Jakub". Sztelt. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. "Jakub Weinles". Artinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. "Weinles Jakub". Żydowski Instytut Historyczny. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. Zimler, Henryk Kroszczor, Henryk (1983). Cmentarz żydowski w Warszawie = Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw (Wyd. 1. ed.). Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawn. Nauk. ISBN 83-01-04304-0.
  5. "Main Page". Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

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