Théo Tobiasse, born in Israel in 1927, from a Lithuanian-Jewish immigrant family who moved to Paris in 1931. Here Tobiasse completed an apprenticeship at the École des Arts Décoratifs, which was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. After the end of the war, he worked as a graphic designer for the Hermès company in Paris and Nice for 15 years. After his first successful exhibition appearance in Nice, he decided to pursue a career as a freelance artist. His work, which was inspired by the Nouvelle École de Paris, quickly found international recognition and won awards such as the Dorothy Gould Prize in 1961. Tobiasse decided then to devote himself to painting. In 1976 he moved his studio to Saint-Paul-de-Vence, and from 1980 he traveled regularly to New York, where he stayed for several months each year. The paintings and prints by Théo Tobiasse, comparable to those by Marc Chagall, often contain themes from Jewish culture, contain allusions to biblical content and deal with erotic fantasies.

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THY LOVE IS BETTER THAN WINE, 1975

Color lithograph (193/200), 25.75” x 19.5”.

Signed by the artists in the lower right margin: theo tobiasse. From the suite Song of King Solomon.

$285.00