Bidspirit auction | Arieh Allweilת Oil Painting m./C

Arieh Allweilת Oil Painting m./C , ”Four Women”, 15” x 19 2/3” - Oil on Paper mounted on Canvas  by the Famous Listed Austrian/Israeli Artist Arieh Allweil (1901 - 1967)  Signed in Hebrew bottom right Many of his great works were similarly Oil on Paper and mounted on Canvas or Board Framed in a deep Vintage Wooden Frame Top right there are a couple of tears in the paper - but they don't touch the painted figures, and being mounted on Canvas they are quite safe and stable The Artist: Arie ALWEIL Austrian/Israeli, 1901—1967 Alweil was born in Galicia and grew up in Vienna, where he studied Art from 1921 to 1925. In 1920 he took a trip to Palestine. In the late '20s he came to Shfeyah in the capacity of an educator. Alweil brought with him the high values of the Central European avant-garde, which he had absorbed during his years of study in Vienna. As opposed to other modern israeli artists in his period, Alweil's woodcuts and illustrations pertained to contemporary events such as the Holocaust and the pioneering spirit before the establishment of the State of israel. Most notable is this work as well as the first illustrated Passover Haggada for the IDF which he made in 1950 and which was printed for 3 years with his inspirational woodcut illustrations. He lived in Safed (Tzfat) and died in 1967.