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Ossip Lubitch
(1896-1990)
Danseuse au Miroir
Ossip Lubitch was
a Post-Impressionist painter born in Grodno, now
Belorussia, into a Jewish family. From 1915-1919 Lubitch
studied at the Odessa Art College and the following year
moved to Berlin. While in Berlin, he worked as a
decorator for the Berlin Opera as well as local
cabarets.
Snow in Montparnasse
In 1923, Lubitch moved
to Paris where he met fellow artists Antoine Bourdelle
and Pavel Chlischchev. Here he studied the works of the
old masters like Goya, and the new masters like Degas.
In 1925 he was accepted into the Salon des Tuileries,
and in 1934 he published "Cirque" which featured
sketches and poems of circus scenes.
The Clown and the Dancer
Circus Scene
Lubitch was arrested
in Paris during World War II and was sent to a
concentration camp in Drancy, barely missing the convoy
to Auschwitz. Somehow, he was lucky enough to escape the
camp with his life. It was not until after the war that
his career began to pick up. During this time, he met
and married his wife Suzanne Boulboire, also a painter
whom he later had a daughter with. Lubitch spent his
time painting portraits, still life and landscapes, and
exhibited his work around the world in New York, Milan,
Jerusalem and Paris.
Flowers and Still Life
Today his work is
housed in various collections and museums worldwide.
During his lifetime, he commemorated the Holocaust by
donating the drawings he produced while in Drancy to the
Yad Vasheim Institute in Jerusalem. Still wondering
about a post-Impressionist painting or sketch in your
home? Contact us...it may be by Ossip Lubitch.
