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| Author: | Mojźesz Lejbowski (1876–1942/1943) |
Mojżesz Lejbowski (b. 1876 Navahrudak – d. 1942/43 Vilnius) arrived in Vilnius at the age of 17, where he attended the Vilnius School of Drawing between 1893 and 1898. He made his debut in 1899 at the Vilnius Art Exhibition, and later participated in exhibitions of work by the Vilnius Society of Artists and drew caricatures for the society’s handwritten humorous magazine Субботник художников (Saturday of Artists). In 1899 and 1900 he continued his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He returned to Vilnius after the First World War, where he worked as a drawing teacher at the Vilnius Jewish Gymnasium, and founded a private art school which was attended by the artist Rafael Chwoles. Lejbowski was the chair of the Vilnius Society of Jewish Artists, took part regularly in exhibitions in Vilnius, and exhibited his work in Białystok, Minsk, Grodno and Warsaw. In 1941, he was imprisoned by the Nazis in the Vilnius ghetto and died soon afterwards.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
The painter Mojźesz Lejbowski (1876–1942/3) came from Navahrudak to attend the Vilnius School of Drawing, and at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries he studied at the École de Beaux-Arts in Paris. When he returned to Lithuania, he lived in Vilnius and taught drawing in Jewish schools. He participated in the artistic life of the city: before the war, he was an active member of the Vilnius Art Society, and in the interwar period he headed the Jewish Artists’ Society of Vilnius. He was killed by the Nazis during the Second World War.
Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė.
Mojżesz Lejbowski (b. 1876 Navahrudak – d. 1942/43 Vilnius) arrived in Vilnius at the age of 17, where he attended the Vilnius School of Drawing between 1893 and 1898. He made his debut in 1899 at the Vilnius Art Exhibition, and later participated in exhibitions of work by the Vilnius Society of Artists and drew caricatures for the society’s handwritten humorous magazine Субботник художников (Saturday of Artists). In 1899 and 1900 he continued his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He returned to Vilnius after the First World War, where he worked as a drawing teacher at the Vilnius Jewish Gymnasium, and founded a private art school which was attended by the artist Rafael Chwoles. Lejbowski was the chair of the Vilnius Society of Jewish Artists, took part regularly in exhibitions in Vilnius, and exhibited his work in Białystok, Minsk, Grodno and Warsaw. In 1941, he was imprisoned by the Nazis in the Vilnius ghetto and died soon afterwards.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
The painter Mojźesz Lejbowski (1876–1942/3) came from Navahrudak to attend the Vilnius School of Drawing, and at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries he studied at the École de Beaux-Arts in Paris. When he returned to Lithuania, he lived in Vilnius and taught drawing in Jewish schools. He participated in the artistic life of the city: before the war, he was an active member of the Vilnius Art Society, and in the interwar period he headed the Jewish Artists’ Society of Vilnius. He was killed by the Nazis during the Second World War.
Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė.
