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A Woman with a Light Dress (Wife's Portrait)

Author: Max Band (1900–1974)

Max (Mordechai) Band (b. 1900 Naumiestis – d. 1974 Los Angeles) together with his sister were raised by an aunt in Marijampolė after losing their parents early (their father died when Max was three, and their mother died when he was five). He painted shop signs for Jewish shops in order to earn money. The talented young man was noticed by the director of the Jewish Gymnasium in Marijampolė, who invited him to work as a drawing teacher, and in 1920 sent him to Berlin to study. A few years later, Band settled in Paris and joined the artists of the École de Paris. In 1933, while visiting the USA, he painted a portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After the start of the Second World War, he moved to California with his wife and son. Band created a unique, minimalist and elegant version of French Expressionism. He deliberately kept his motifs, colours and moods to the minimum, so that the power of his works lies in their simplicity. He held several dozen exhibitions in Berlin, Paris, New York and Chicago.

Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.

 

Max Band was a sculptor and writer. He was born on 21 August 1900 in Naumiestis. During 1920-1922 he studied art in Berlin and in 1923 arrived in Paris where he lived intermittently until 1954. He belonged to the École de Paris art movement. He visited Lithuania and in 1925 and 1932, he organised his personal exhibitions in Kaunas. He also participated in other exhibitions: in the Paris Autumn Salons, in the Berlin Secession, in London, Amsterdam, New York, Geneva and Kaunas. In 1954 he moved to the United States where he painted portraits and figure-compositions (mostly on the themes of Jewish life), still-life paintings, and created several busts. The artist’s extraordinary talent showed in his painted portraits, where he subtly revealed the depth of the human spirit. He died on 18 December 1974 in the USA.

Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES I (2010). Compilers Nijolė Tumėnienė, Dalia Tarandaitė, Jurgita Semenauskienė. Text author Nijolė Tumėnienė.

Max (Mordechai) Band (b. 1900 Naumiestis – d. 1974 Los Angeles) together with his sister were raised by an aunt in Marijampolė after losing their parents early (their father died when Max was three, and their mother died when he was five). He painted shop signs for Jewish shops in order to earn money. The talented young man was noticed by the director of the Jewish Gymnasium in Marijampolė, who invited him to work as a drawing teacher, and in 1920 sent him to Berlin to study. A few years later, Band settled in Paris and joined the artists of the École de Paris. In 1933, while visiting the USA, he painted a portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After the start of the Second World War, he moved to California with his wife and son. Band created a unique, minimalist and elegant version of French Expressionism. He deliberately kept his motifs, colours and moods to the minimum, so that the power of his works lies in their simplicity. He held several dozen exhibitions in Berlin, Paris, New York and Chicago.

Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.

 

Max Band was a sculptor and writer. He was born on 21 August 1900 in Naumiestis. During 1920-1922 he studied art in Berlin and in 1923 arrived in Paris where he lived intermittently until 1954. He belonged to the École de Paris art movement. He visited Lithuania and in 1925 and 1932, he organised his personal exhibitions in Kaunas. He also participated in other exhibitions: in the Paris Autumn Salons, in the Berlin Secession, in London, Amsterdam, New York, Geneva and Kaunas. In 1954 he moved to the United States where he painted portraits and figure-compositions (mostly on the themes of Jewish life), still-life paintings, and created several busts. The artist’s extraordinary talent showed in his painted portraits, where he subtly revealed the depth of the human spirit. He died on 18 December 1974 in the USA.

Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES I (2010). Compilers Nijolė Tumėnienė, Dalia Tarandaitė, Jurgita Semenauskienė. Text author Nijolė Tumėnienė.