Aberdam, Alfred (ur. 1894 Lviv, zm. 1963 Paris).
Painter, member of the Plastycy Nowocześni group. W 1931 he went to study art at the Munich Academy. During World War I, he was in a Russian POW camp in Siberia, he was then in Moscow. After returning to Poland, in 1921 started studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under the supervision of T.. Axentowicz. He later left for Paris, where he gained new painting experience visiting museums and being in constant contact with contemporary painting. It quickly acclimatized to the Parisian environment, participated in many exhibitions, gaining flattering reviews from critics from 1924, when Andre Salmon caught his eye. From 1926 he took part in the Paris Salons (Independent and Tuileries), participated in the Exhibition of Polish Modern Art at the Editions Bonaparte Gallery in 1929, ibid, he had an individual exhibition in 1931. W 1932 there were major Aberdam exhibitions in Lviv (Museum of the Art Industry) and in Warsaw (Jewish Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts). W 1933 became a member of the Plastycy Nowocześni group, established in Warsaw. W 1935 took place in Lviv (ZZPAP) Aberdam exhibition, Whistle, Teisseyrea and Wodzicka. In the same year, the artist took part in an exhibition of Polish artists active in France at the Galerie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After the war, he had individual exhibitions in 1952 in Paris, w 1961 in London, w 1962 w Tel Avivie. W 1970 a retrospective exhibition of his works has been organized at the Petit Palais in Geneva. Aberdam practiced oil painting and drawing. The main theme of his works is landscapes, figural compositions, still lifes. He used a simplified form, almost schematic, characterizing objects only with the color and the way of using the painting matter. Music groups, He built theatrical boxes or the interiors of Polish huts out of stains of color that were forms for himself, living their essence by color. For Aberdam, color was an abstraction of form, and the form is the abstraction of a living phenomenon.
Painter, member of the Plastycy Nowocześni group. W 1931 he went to study art at the Munich Academy. During World War I, he was in a Russian POW camp in Siberia, he was then in Moscow. After returning to Poland, in 1921 started studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under the supervision of T.. Axentowicz. He later left for Paris, where he gained new painting experience visiting museums and being in constant contact with contemporary painting. It quickly acclimatized to the Parisian environment, participated in many exhibitions, gaining flattering reviews from critics from 1924, when Andre Salmon caught his eye. From 1926 he took part in the Paris Salons (Independent and Tuileries), participated in the Exhibition of Polish Modern Art at the Editions Bonaparte Gallery in 1929, ibid, he had an individual exhibition in 1931. W 1932 there were major Aberdam exhibitions in Lviv (Museum of the Art Industry) and in Warsaw (Jewish Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts). W 1933 became a member of the Plastycy Nowocześni group, established in Warsaw. W 1935 took place in Lviv (ZZPAP) Aberdam exhibition, Whistle, Teisseyrea and Wodzicka. In the same year, the artist took part in an exhibition of Polish artists active in France at the Galerie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After the war, he had individual exhibitions in 1952 in Paris, w 1961 in London, w 1962 w Tel Avivie. W 1970 a retrospective exhibition of his works has been organized at the Petit Palais in Geneva. Aberdam practiced oil painting and drawing. The main theme of his works is landscapes, figural compositions, still lifes. He used a simplified form, almost schematic, characterizing objects only with the color and the way of using the painting matter. Music groups, He built theatrical boxes or the interiors of Polish huts out of stains of color that were forms for himself, living their essence by color. For Aberdam, color was an abstraction of form, and the form is the abstraction of a living phenomenon.
Child, 1930
oil, canvas, 45,8 x 38 cm;
signed lower right: 930 | ABERDHAM;
National Museum in Warsaw;
oil, canvas, 45,8 x 38 cm;
signed lower right: 930 | ABERDHAM;
National Museum in Warsaw;