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Henryk Henoch Barczynski (Polish, 1896-1939) - Female Nude, Mixed Media on Paper, 1922. Signed and dated. 30x40cm. Henoch (Henryk) Barczynski was a Polish painter of Jewish descent, graphic artist, illustrator. Henoch Barczynski was a son of Szmul Barczynski, tailor, and Sara nee Parzeczewska. In years 1912-14 he studied graphics in Jakub Katsenbogen's drawing school in Lodz. Later he was a pupil of Henryk Glicenstein in Warsaw. In years 1919-1926 he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Art in Dresden. He was connected with the artistic group ""Jung Jidysz"" in Lodz. In 1925 he won the first prize for a propaganda poster during the International Red Cross Contest. He visited France, Spain and Italy. He spend some months in Paris and Prague. In years 1927-33 he lived in Berlin. In 1933 he returned to Lodz. In 1933-39 he lived in his Heimatstadt. In September 1939 he settled in Tomaszow Mazowiecki. In this town he created an artistic circle. He is mentioned six times in Lutek Orenbach's Letters from the Tomaszow Ghetto. He was killed by the Nazis in 1941 (probably 14 March) in Tomaszow Mazowiecki. Source: Wikipedia.