Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2015.8.1 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Description |
Small, horizontal, framed Serge Mendjisky painting; oil on canvas. Painting depicts a colorful landscape with several trees in a field, foliage in the background, and a yellow cottage on the right. Painting is an example of pointilism. It is signed by Serge Mendjisky on the front, bottom, right corner. |
Artist |
Serge Mendjisky |
Medium |
Canvas/Oil Paint |
Provenance |
This painting was created by Serge Mendjisky, a WWII French resistance fighter. The painting was purchased by the Emile Walter Gallery in 1968, and later purchased by Gabriel Gilead, a Holocaust survivor, in the 1960s. It was donated by Bob Anderson on behalf of his cousin Gilead. |