Jakub Weinles

Polish painter

Jakub Weinles
Born	Jakub Weinles 1870 Starokostiantyniv, Russian Empire
Died	1938 Warsaw, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Education	School of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Known for	Painting
Movement	Realism, Symbolism

Jakub Weinles (1870, Starokostiantyniv – 1938, Warsaw) was a Polish painter of Jewish ancestry, creating art around Jewish culture, and an active participant of the Jewish Society of the Nurture of Fine Arts (Yiddish: Jidiszer Gezelszaft cu Farszprajnt Kunst, Polish: Żydowskie Towarzystwo Krzewienia Sztuk Pięknych).^[1]

Weinles studied at Wojciech Gerson's art class, and at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the 1890s.^[2] He completed art workshops with Szymon Hollosy in Munich. In 1898, he returned to Warsaw where he painted with other Jewish painters.^[3] His wife was Łucja from the House of Kaufman, with whom he had two daughters: Franciszka Themerson, also a painter and Maria Chajnik. He is buried at the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw; however, his headstone has not survived.^[4]^[5]

On the Eve of Yom Kippur
Nude
Portrait of a Jew

References

^ "Weinles Jakub". Sztelt. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
^ "Jakub Weinles". Artinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
^ "Weinles Jakub". Żydowski Instytut Historyczny. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
^ Zimler, Henryk Kroszczor, Henryk (1983). Cmentarz żydowski w Warszawie = Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw (Wyd. 1. ed.). Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawn. Nauk. ISBN 83-01-04304-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Main Page". Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland. Retrieved 4 September 2016.