Keywords: School Of Paris, Post-War European, 1970s Modernism, Continental Still Life Tradition, Eastern European Modern Art, Giorgio Morandi Style, Chaim Soutine Style, Jean Fautrier Style, Canvas Board, Terracotta, Oil Paint, Picture, Late 20th Century

Summary:
Benn (Bencion Rabinowicz), Signed oil on canvas board dated 1974, depicting a red rose in a white cloth beside a small terracotta donkey and bowl, set on blue fabric. Titled and numbered on the reverse.

BENN, also known as Bençion Rabinowicz, was a Polish artist born in 1905 in Bialystok. He was admitted to the Union of Professional Artists in 1929 and began exhibiting his works in various cities in Poland. BENN is associated with the School of Paris. His main works include 72 Premonitory Drawings, which were exhibited at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. He also created a mural painting in 1985 that was exhibited at the Unesco House for Love and Peace in Paris, as well as a set of landscapes and portraits of Parisian celebrities that were exhibited at the Carnavalet Museum. Additionally, he created "The Songs of the Bible," which were exhibited at the Avelines Museum in Saint-Cloud. BENN passed away in 1989.

Measurement: Art: 25 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (64.8 x 54 cm.)

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