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    Artist

  • Schames, Samson, 1898-1967

    • Title

  • Grey Still Life

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : gouache ; 73 x 59 cm. ; 28.75" x 23.25"

  • Date

    1960

  • Notes

    Signed and dated in the upper right corner.

  • Summary

    Still life of flowers in a vase against a muted, dark background of greys and blues.

  • Subject

    Flowers in art

  • Genre

    Still lifes

  • Medium

    Gouaches; Paintings

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Biographical/Historical Information

Samson Schames came from one of the oldest Jewish families in Frankfurt am Main. He was a many-faceted artist, who worked as a graphic, set and textile designer and painter. He was trained in the Staedelschule. As of 1934 he was no longer allowed to display his work as a Jew and became a member of the newly formed "Kulturbund Deutscher Juden," for whom he created set designs until 1936. In 1939 Schames emigrated to London, where he joined the Free German Cultural Association, founded by Kokoschka, Heartfield, and others. He created numerous paintings depicting the horrors of war and the persecution of Jews.

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Schames, Samson: Grey Still Life, Leo Baeck Institute, 2015.10.