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Ossip Lubtich (1896-1990), Still Life with Flowers, Oil,1936

Oil on canvas France, 1936 Ossipp Lubitch (1896-1990) – Painter of portraits, still lives, landscapes and compositions of the Ecole de Paris Signed lower right ‘Lubich’ Dated ‘1936’ and inscribed ‘I/5/20M’ in black felt-tip pen on the reverse; on the stretcher again with the date and inscribed ‘I/5’ Dimensions: 72.5 x 50 cm Partly gilded wooden frame: 80.5 x 57.2 cm Very good condition Stone vase with flowers is situated on a chair, with cloth over the back of chair. The arrangement of things and the striped pattern of a sofa counteract depth effect. Condition: The inspection under UV light reveals areas mainly in the outer margins. A small retouching is visible at the chair in the lower center and in few areas of the flowers. A strip of cloth is stapled around the side margins of the canvas. On the back there is wooden strip fixed over the shadow gap of the stretcher and the frame. The painting and the frame are in overall very good condition. The still life measures 72,5 cm x 50 cm and the frame 80.5 x 57.2 cm. Ossipp Lubitch (1896-1990) Lubitch was born into a family of blacksmiths in Gondo (now Belarus). He started studying at the Fine Art Academy in Odessa in 1915. Four years later he moved to Berlin with a group of Russian artists including Pavel Tchelitchev, Jean Pougny and Lazare Meerson. In 1923, a contract for the decoration of a Montmartrean cabaret gave him this opportunity to go to Paris. Once in Paris, he studied the work of Rembrandt, Goya and Degas and understood the importance of drawing. In 1925 Antoine Bourdelle obtained his acceptance into the Salon des Tuileries. In 1934 he published an album entitled 'Cirque', comprising ten etchings and aquatints with a poem preface by George Rouault. During the war, Lubitch continued to paint in his rue d’Odessa atelier in Montparnasse. In 1940 he did not declare himself as a Jew to the police. He was denounced in 1944 and interned in Drancy, arriving there on August 18, 1944, the day after the last convoy for Auschwitz. To commemorate the victims and the Shoah cause. Lubitch bequeathed his drawings produced in Drancy to the Yad Vasheim Institute in Jerusalem. Lubitch returned to Paris, where he lived and worked till 1990. (hth) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.