Zdzislawa Lachur ( Poland 1920 - 2000 ) Polish Expressionist Judaica Old Icon Style Oil Painting on Board Mixed Media an abstracted depiction of a bearded male wearing Orthodox Jewish attire flanked by (6) smaller figures Signed & Dated in a Lower Left Corner: " Zdzislawa Lachur 1985 " 28.5"H x 22.5"W Art 28"H x 22"W Polish Painter and graphic artist The artist's works were presented at collective and individual exhibitions at home and abroad, including in Jerusalem London New York Stuttgart Paris Vancouver and Toronto Lachur's paintings were in possession of among others George Harrison former US lady Jacqueline Kennedy and singer Barbra Streisand In recognition of his achievements in painting and graphics in 1961 he received the Minister of Culture and Art Award for lifetime achievement and in 1979 he was awarded the medal of the Israeli Institute Yad Vashem in recognition of his work devoted to the Jewish peopleone of a number of great Polish jewish artists that included Arbit Blatas Judyta Sobel Jacques Zucker Henryk Berlewi, Jacob Epstein, Itshak Holtz and Arthur Szyk Artur amongst many others. The artist exhibited a lot his works are represented in numerous museums especially those related to the memory of war and extermination such as the Jewish Historical Institute and the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem the Haifa Museum the Museum of Modern Art in New York Museum of the Holocaust in Paris. In Overall Good Condition Please look at Photos Closely Out of a New York City Estate

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