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Avraham Newman, born Poland, active in Palestine, 1873-1942

Avraham Neuman was born in the town of Peretz, Poland, in 1873. In 1903 he began studying art in Warsaw and later in Cracow. At the beginning of the 20th century he traveled to Paris, France, where he studied art at the Julian Academy. In 1904 he visited Palestine for the first time. In 1916 he participated in an exhibition at the Vienna Secession gallery. He was a member of the Association of Jewish Artists in Krakow. Between 1927 and 1925 he was in Eretz Israel and taught at Bezalel. He visited again in 1934. During the Second World War he was transferred to the Krakow ghetto, where he continued his artistic work until his death in 1942.

Teaching

1925-1927 The Beazlel School of Art and Craft, Jerusalem