Joseph SPERBER

LADY IN A HAT, 1923
Sanguine, cream paper; 50.5 x 35.5 cm
Signed p.d.: Jozef Sperber; p.d.: Wy(...)no - 1923
Framed
On the reverse a sticker; Louis Schröder / Kunsthandlung und Glaserai / Danzig
Jozef SPERBER
1888 Lviv - 1940 Lviv
Between 1903 and 1908 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow with F. Cynk, L. Wyczółkowski, T. Axentowicz and J. Pankiewicz. Since 1914 he served in the 2nd regiment of lancers of the 2nd Brigade of the Legions with the rank of chevalier; he took part in the charge at Rokitna (1915). Interned, he later found himself on the Italian front. After 1918 he served in the 2nd Rokitnia Cavalry Regiment. He was awarded the Order of Virtuti Militari Fifth Class, the Cross of Valor. He took part in Legion exhibitions (1917), later exhibited at TZSP and IPS in Warsaw. Two of his paintings are in the National Museum in Cracow.
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