Ari (Erich) Glas

1897, Berlin, Germany - 1973, Haifa, Israel

Portrait of Seated Woman, 1940

Original Hand-Signed Watercolor - 

Dated 1940

Artist Name: Ari (Erich) Glas

Title: Portrait of seated woman, 1940

Signature Description: Hand-signed in pencil in Hebrew and dated "1940" lower left

Technique: Watercolor on paper

Size: 31 x 25 cm / 12.2" x 9.84" inch

Frame: The painting is unframed

Condition: Good vintage condition, complete with no tears, rips, holes, wrinkles, repairs, paint peelings or losses, slight foxing consistent with natural aging age and use.

Artist's Biography:

Ari (Erich) Glas, Berlin, Germany, 1897-1973

Ari Glas, Painter. b. 1897, Berlin.
Immigrated to Eretz Israel (then Mandatory Palestine) 1934.
Studies: School for Art, Munich.
One of the first to join the “Bauhaus” Group in Weimar.
In 1926 worked as independent graphic artist in Weimar and Berlin. Published twenty-two albums of original graphics.
Was close to Max Lieberman and worked under his supervision for many years. 1929 Teacher of art in Berlin.
From 1932 his paintings were political and satirical.
1933 Was press photographer. In Israel settled on Kibbutz Yagur.
Died 1973.
Glas left behind a large selection of his works: paintings, photographs, engravings and prints.

Ari Glas (born Erich Glas, 1897 - 1973) was a German and Israeli painter, graphic designer, illustrator and photographer. His origin is German-Jewish.

Glas was born in 1897 in Berlin, Germany under the name Erich Glas.
During The First World War he served as a commando fighter and a pilot in Kaiser German Army.
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1919 - 1920) and later at the Bauhaus University in Weimar with Lyonel Feininger and Johannes Itten.
Particularly specialized in woodcut prints and linoleum. He also studied at the High School of Art University of Art in Berlin, probably with Willy Jaeckel and Philipp Frank.
Joined “Das Junge Rheinland” artistic group, which was founded by Ulrich Leman, and became friends with the artist Alfred Kubin.
From his marriage to Mile, a Jewish woman from an assimilated family, he had a son named Gothard, better known under the adopted name Uziel Gal, who later became known as the Israeli inventor of the Uzi submachine.

After his divorce, the son passed to the custody of his ex-wife.
Erich Glas remarried, with Susanna, and had three other sons, Michael, Yoram and Reuven.
After 1926 Glas worked as an independent graphic artist in Weimar and Berlin. In addition, he taught painting and graphics. At that time his work was influenced by Max Liebermann.
In 1932-1933, under the circumstances of the critical political struggles in Germany, Glas appealed more to the recruited painting, mostly satirical.
In 1933 he also worked as a press photographer.
After the Nazis came to power in 1934, he immigrated to Israel with his family and settled in Kibbutz Yagur.
In Israel he changed his first name to Ari, and became involved in all fields in which he was skilled: painter, graphic artist, illustrator and photographer. Participated in exhibitions, such as in Pevzner House in Haife (1940) and in exhibitions in the framework of the Kibbutz Movement.
As a member of the Haganah underground during the struggle for independence, Glas repeated to use his military experience and carried out the reconnaissance flights.

In 1957, he left the kibbutz and settled in Acre.
In 1955, took part in a group exhibition presented in Acre.
In 1967, participated in the first exhibition in Israel of graphic art in Haife Museum of Art.
Ari Glas died in Haifa in 1973, leaving behind a large selection of his works: paintings, photographs, engravings and prints.

Among his many works included prints of books illustration, such as Aesop's Fables, The “Nightingale” by Hans Christian Andersen, “Beethoven’s Music” by Goethe, The Passover Haggadah of Kibbutz Yagur, and the album "Through the Night" (1943), dedicated to the Holocaust and Heroism.
His works were shown at the exhibition "Smiling commune" (2006).
Photography of the old city of Acre, created with the help of his wife, Ziva, were presented within the exhibition "A Decade of Acre" in 1958.

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