Tobiasse biography
Theo Tobiasse, master of the Paris School, was born in Jaffa, Israel in of Lithuanian parents.
Théo Tobiasse born Tobias Eidesas (26 April – 3 November ) was a French painter, engraver, illustrator, and sculptor.!
Théo Tobiasse
French painter and sculptor (1927-2012)
Théo Tobiasse born Tobias Eidesas (26 April 1927 – 3 November 2012) was a Frenchpainter, engraver, illustrator, and sculptor.[1][2]
Biography
Youth and family
Youngest son of Chaïm (Charles) Eidesas and Brocha (Berthe) Slonimsky from Kaunas in Lithuania, Théo Tobiasse was born in Jaffa in Mandatory Palestine in 1927, where his Jewish parents had lived since 1925.
The family encountered material difficulties and decided to return to Lithuania, then left for Paris in 1931, where his typographer father found work in a Russian printing press.[3]
Tobiasse showed early provisions for drawing and painting, and during a visit to the Specialized Exhibition of 1937 held in Paris, he was amazed by the Fairy Electricity by Raoul Dufy.[4]
The death of his mother (in June 1939) was quickly followed by the outbreak of World War II.
Life in Paris under the German Occupation, being required