Jankel adler biography of christopher

Polish-Jewish painter

Jankel Adler (born Jankiel Jakub Adler;^[1] 26 July – 25 April ) was a Polish-Jewishavant-garde painter and printmaker active primarily in Germany, France and England.^[2] He began his career as an engraver in Belgrade before studying arts in Germany.

Co-founding the Yung-yidish group in Łódź, he later became involved with the Cologne Progressives and the Union of Progressive International Artists in Germany. He began teaching at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and was a student of the Swiss abstract painter Paul Klee who had an important influence on Adler's work.

Facing Nazi persecution, Adler fled to Paris in , where he actively opposed artists - Ben Uri collection VOGOP