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Nathan Wasserberger
Nathan Wasserberger (1928-2013) was a Jewish Polish painter, known for his portrait paintings Originally from Chrzanów, Poland, he survived the Holocaust and emigrated to the United States in 1946.
He studied art at the Pratt Institute as well as at the Académie Julian in Paris in and won awards for his paintings while still a student. Many of the paintings he produced during his first years in the United States were directly influenced by, or addressed themes of his experience in the Holocaust.
His work is represented in The Smithsonian and other institutions.
He died in New York in 2012.
Nathan Wasserberger (1928-2013) was a Jewish Polish painter, known for his portrait paintings Originally from Chrzanów, Poland, he survived the Holocaust and emigrated to the United States in 1946.
He studied art at the Pratt Institute as well as at the Académie Julian in Paris in and won awards for his paintings while still a student. Many of the paintings he produced during his first years in the United States were directly influenced by, or addressed themes of his experience in the Holocaust.
His work is represented in The Smithsonian and other institutions.
He died in New York in 2012. …
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