Henryk Berlewi

Polish · 1894–1967 · Painter, Printmaker

Henryk Berlewi was a Polish-French painter, graphic designer and art theorist, who is primarily remembered as an abstract artist who paved the way for optical art, but he was… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Henryk Berlewi, Kontrasty Mekanofakturowe (Mechano-Faktur, Dynamischer Kontrast), Gouache auf chamoisfarbenem Velin, auf Sperrholz aufgezogenKontrasty Mekanofakturowe (Mechano-Faktur, Dynamischer Kontrast)Lempertz · €157,080≈ $208,916≈ £107,578Sign up to see
  2. Henryk Berlewi, Stuhl mit rotem Tuch, 1950, Öl auf LeinwandStuhl mit rotem TuchGrisebach · €40,000≈ $45,436≈ £35,628Sign up to see
  3. Henryk Berlewi, Martwa natura z brzoskwiniami, 1949, olej, płótnoMartwa natura z brzoskwiniamiPolswiss Art · PLN 195,000≈ $45,260≈ £34,613≈ €41,179Sign up to see

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Henryk Berlewi was a Polish-French painter, graphic designer and art theorist, who is primarily remembered as an abstract artist who paved the way for optical art, but he was also an important figure in Yiddish book design and typography in the early 1920s. He drew portraits of many Jewish writers and artists, among them Uri Zvi Greenberg.

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Born 1894, WarsawDied 1967, ParisOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q709033 ↗ULAN 500032191 ↗

School of Paris

Also known as Henri Berlewi, Henrik Berlewi

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By). See data sources & attribution.

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