The artist Lasar Segall (July 21, 1891 – August 2, 1957) was a Lithuanian born Jew, who enventually became a naturalized Brazilian citizen. He was a painter, engraver and sculptor who first studied in Europe. Segall's work is derived from impressionism, expressionism and modernism. His most significant themes were depictions of human suffering, war, persecution and prostitution.
Segall was born into the Jewish ghetto of Vilnius, Lithuania and was...
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The artist Lasar Segall (July 21, 1891 – August 2, 1957) was a Lithuanian born Jew, who enventually became a naturalized Brazilian citizen. He was a painter, engraver and sculptor who first studied in Europe. Segall's work is derived from impressionism, expressionism and modernism. His most significant themes were depictions of human suffering, war, persecution and prostitution.
Segall was born into the Jewish ghetto of Vilnius, Lithuania and was the son of a Torah scribe. Segall moved to Berlin at the age of 15 and studied first at Berlin Akademie der Künste from 1906 to 1909. He then studied at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg until 1910, and later that year, received the Libermann Prize. Frustrated with the academic school of painting in stylistic trends there, he left for Dresden in 1910 and worked in the Meisterchule Art Academy as a student teacher. This move would prove to be significant, as his style of painting moved from Impressionism to Expressionism....
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