Zygmunt Schreter (1886 Łódź - 1977 Paris), Portrait of a Woman

Origin
Oger & Blanchet auction house, Paris, June 2022
private collection, Poland

Biography
He came from a Jewish family of Lodz factory owners. Already as a child he was educated in the field of fine arts, and also learned to play the violin. During World War I he stayed with his father in Germany. He ended up in Berlin, where he took classes with Lovis Corinth and Martin Brandenborough. At the time, he also worked as a musician at the Berlin Philharmonic and the Max Reinhard Theater. After the war, he remained in Berlin, where he maintained close contacts with the Jewish artists' community. He settled permanently in Paris in the early 1930s, exhibiting his works at the salons there and making numerous acquaintances in the city's bohemian artistic circles. He also stayed on the Seine River after the end of hostilities. While living in Paris, he repeatedly went on plein-air painting expeditions. Individual shows of his work were held in Lodz, Berlin, Helsinki, New York, Jerusalem and Zurich. He painted portraits and genre scenes. However, his work is dominated by landscapes, especially those depicting the French province - seaside landscapes, forest views, depictions of vineyards, small towns and villages.