Leon Abramowicz (1889-1978) - Ubekant
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Leon Abramowicz, Ubekant, a 1970 original watercolour, 42 × 52 cm, Austria, abstract, 1960–1970, good condition, sold with frame by owner or reseller.
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Leon Abramowicz (18 March 1889 – 15 February 1978) was a Jewish Austrian painter who emigrated from National Socialist Austria.
Early Life
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Abramowicz was born into a Jewish family in Czernowitz in Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (today Cernăuți, Ukraine). His father worked as a butcher. His brother was Serge Abranovic (stage name; died 1942 in Warsaw), who was celebrated as the “Caruso of the operetta.” Abramowicz studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and from 1912 to 1914 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Karl Raupp and Ludwig von Herterich. [ 1 ]
Career as an Artist
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After his service in World War I as a soldier of the Austrian Army, Abramowicz lived in Switzerland and in France, and from the 1920s in Vienna, where he worked as a freelance painter. From 1933 to 1935 he studied at the Vienna Academy with Karl Sterrer. [ 2 ] Subsequently he settled as a freelance painter and graphic artist in Vienna. He was soon successful and received commissions from the USA, especially for portraits. This enabled him to rent a studio in Vienna’s Prinz-Eugen-Straße and to buy for himself and his wife Maria, born Prenosyl (* 1907), an apartment at Schottenbastei 16 in Vienna’s city center.
Leon Abramowicz (18 March 1889 – 15 February 1978) was a Jewish Austrian painter who emigrated from National Socialist Austria.
Early Life
Edit
Abramowicz was born into a Jewish family in Czernowitz in Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (today Cernăuți, Ukraine). His father worked as a butcher. His brother was Serge Abranovic (stage name; died 1942 in Warsaw), who was celebrated as the “Caruso of the operetta.” Abramowicz studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and from 1912 to 1914 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Karl Raupp and Ludwig von Herterich. [ 1 ]
Career as an Artist
Edit
After his service in World War I as a soldier of the Austrian Army, Abramowicz lived in Switzerland and in France, and from the 1920s in Vienna, where he worked as a freelance painter. From 1933 to 1935 he studied at the Vienna Academy with Karl Sterrer. [ 2 ] Subsequently he settled as a freelance painter and graphic artist in Vienna. He was soon successful and received commissions from the USA, especially for portraits. This enabled him to rent a studio in Vienna’s Prinz-Eugen-Straße and to buy for himself and his wife Maria, born Prenosyl (* 1907), an apartment at Schottenbastei 16 in Vienna’s city center.
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Artist
Leon Abramowicz (1889-1978)
Sold with frame
Yes
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Owner or reseller
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Ubekant
Technique
Watercolour painting
Signature
Signed
Country of origin
Austria
Year
1970
Condition
Good condition
Height
42 cm
Width
52 cm
Weight
3 kg
Style
Abstract
Period
1960-1970
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