Dimensions: 61 x 50 cm
Signed l.d.: 'Max Band'.
on the reverse: label with auction description, auction stickers on the painting loom and stamp of the framing studio, notes on the frame
Origins
Artcurial auction house, Paris, March 2011
private collection, United Kingdom
private collection, Poland
Biography
He practiced painting and sculpture, and also engaged in writing. In 1920-22 he studied at the Academy of Fine Artsh in Berlin under Willy Jaeckel. He settled in Paris in 1923, becoming a member of the Montparnasse art colony. In 1954 he moved to the United States, where he worked as a lecturer in painting in Los Angeles. During his career, he exhibited in Paris, Berlin, London and the United States. He painted expressive portraits and figural compositions, often with Jewish themes.