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    Artist

  • Lew, G.M.

    • Title

  • Portrait of Eugen Caspary

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on canvas ; 53.5 x 44 cm. ; 21.1" x 17.2"

  • Date

    circa 1930

  • Notes

    Signed lower left.

  • Summary

    Sitter is dipicted as a vigorous man in his prime, with red hair, blue eyes and moustache. The slightly disheveled hair and squinting eyes enliven his expression. He wears a dark suit and bow tie. Red background.

  • Depicted

    Caspary, Eugen, 1863-1931

  • Subject

    Men, Portraits; Social workers; Mustaches

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Oil paintings

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Eugen Caspary (1863-1931) is remembered for his social welfare work in the German Jewish community between the world wars, serving as director of the Central Welfare Bureau for German Jews (Zentralwohlfahrtsstelle der Deutschen Juden) from 1917 to 1928. After WWI, he established an employment program for released Jewish prisoners of wars, and he then organized hundreds of volunteers for various social services.

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Citation

Lew, G.M.: Portrait of Eugen Caspary, Leo Baeck Institute, 77.53.