880 - Marcel SLODKI (1892-1944)

Marcel SLODKI (1892-1944) Horse Scene with Two Figures Oil on cardboard, signed lower right 46.5 × 61.3 cm, frame: 61 × 76 cm Marcel Słodki (1892–1944) was a Polish-Jewish painter who worked in Munich, Zurich, and Paris. As a member of the École de Paris, he developed a distinctive style that combined French modernism with influences from his Eastern European heritage. During his time in Zurich, he was associated with the early Dadaists and moved within the circles of the European avant-garde. Following his arrest in 1943, he was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he died in 1944.