Dimensions: 73 x 93 cm
signed l.d.: 'Max Band'
on the painter's loom a fragmentarily preserved ownership sticker with a description of the painting
Origin
Boisgirard Antonini auction house, Paris, November 2006
institutional collection, Poland
DESA Unicum, May 2021
institutional collection, Warsaw
Biography
He practiced painting and sculpture, and also engaged in writing. In 1920-22 he studied at the Academy of Fine Artsh in Berlin under Willy Jaeckel. He settled in Paris in 1923, becoming a member of the Montparnasse art colony. In 1954 he moved to the United States, where he worked as a lecturer of painting in Los Angeles. During his career, he exhibited in Paris, Berlin, London and the United States. He painted expressive portraits and figural compositions, often with Jewish themes.
