Artist: Shmuel Tepler (1918–1998)
Technique: Gouache and watercolor on paper
Status: Hand-signed by the artist
Dimensions: 33x47 cm
About the Artwork:
This original painting by acclaimed Israeli modernist Shmuel Tepler features an expressive figurative composition. Rendered on a warm brown paper background, the artwork depicts four stylized, abstracted figures gathered in a tight circle around a colorful central fire or floral arrangement. Executed with fluid, painterly brushstrokes of earthy green, ochre yellow, muted grey, and thick black contours, the piece beautifully balances structural abstraction with human interaction. The work is hand-signed by the artist in the lower left corner.
About the Artist:
Shmuel Tepler (1918–1998): A highly regarded Polish-born Israeli modernist painter who survived WWII in the USSR before studying art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, Italy. He immigrated to Israel in 1949.
Artistic Style: Known for his masterfully composed still lifes, interiors, and figures that blend formal abstraction, heavy texturing, and expressive color field surfaces inspired by Italian lyrical abstraction.
Affiliations: Prominent member and committee leader of the Israel Painters and Sculptors Association during the 1950s and 1960s based in Old Jaffa.
Awards: Internationally recognized, receiving the UNESCO Medal of Honor (1974) and the prestigious Italian Prize for Art (1975).