Bidspirit auction | Tikun Hanefesh By Lazar Krestin

Tikun Hanefesh By Lazar Krestin 1868 - 1938 - Description Signed and dated 900 (upper right) Technique Oil on panel Date Created 1900 Dimensions 17 x 12.5 cm Provenance Private Collection, Herzliya Condition Minimal frame abrasions, otherwise good. Notes In an original gilt frame with maker's Viennese label on the reverse. Biography Lazar Krestin (1868-1938), Russian Jewish painter. Born in Kovno in 1868. Renowned for his Judaic genre scenes and portraits of Eastern European Jews. Student of Isidor Kaufmann. Worked in Munich, Vienna and Odessa before coming to Jerusalem in 1910 at the request of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design founder, Boris Schatz. Died in Vienna in 1938.