Henri Epstein

(1892 - 1944)

Biography

Henri Epstein

Henri Epstein (1891–1944) was a Polish-Jewish painter of the School of Paris, born in Łódź and trained in Munich before settling at La Ruche in Montparnasse. Associated with Soutine, Modigliani and Kremegne, he painted landscapes, ports, figures and still lifes in expressive colour. His work remains a moving trace of a life and talent brutally destroyed at Auschwitz during the Holocaust.