Simon Glatzer

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from surface dirt, pinholes at extreme edges and frame abrasion. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting.
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Simon Glatzer was born in Russia and studied at the Vilnius Academy of Arts before settling in Paris where he continued his studies. He  eventually acquired  French citizenship and exhibited regularly at the Salons during the 1920s.  In 1941, he sought refuge  from the Gestapo with a psychiatrist friend at Sainte-Anne hospital,  who had him committed to the Asylum under a fake name. He remained hidden there for three years, continuing to paint or draw with whatever materials his friend could obtain for him. A few months before the Liberation of France, he escaped to Aix-en-Provance, and died there.