Henryk Gotlib [SEP] date of death
Henryk Gotlib
Henryk Gotlib (10 January 1890 – 30 December 1966) was a Polish-born painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and writer, who settled in England during World War II and made a significant contribution to modern British art. He was profoundly influenced by Rembrandt, and the European Expressionist painters. Gotlib was a leading member of the Polish avant-garde 'Formist' movement in the interwar Poland.
Life.
Gotlib was born into a middle-class family in Kraków, where he gained his earliest
), Polish-Jewish realist painter of the Romantic period.
Notes and references.
- Tate Collection, description of Gotlib's "Rembrandt in Heaven"
- Gotlib in the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Gotlib in the University of Warwick Art Collection
- A selection of paintings by Henryk Gotlib at the Boundary Gallery, London
- Gotlib's works in Central Jewish Library
Further reading.
Books:
- Gotlib, Henryk, "Polish Painting", London: Minerva, 1942.