Jean Alfred Adler
Parigi, 1899 - Birkenau (Polonia), 1942
A painter of portraits, nudes, and landscapes, he studied first under his uncle Jules Adler, then, from 1919, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts with Louis Biloul, Ernest Laurent, and, for fresco painting, Paul Baudouin. Beginning in 1922 he exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris, of which he became a member.
In 1924 he received an honorable mention, a diploma for decorative arts, and the Prix du Maroc. He teaches drawing at a school in Villejuif and from 1929 to 1937, participates in the other Paris Salons : des Indépendants, d'Automne, des Tuileries.
In 1928 he exhibited some landscapes of the "Goumoisière" and Lanzac in Paris, as well as several portraits of young women. He served as secretary of the fresco painters' guild.
On December 12, 1941 Adler and his brother were arrested in Compiègne, then transferred to Drancy and finally to Auschwitz.
Bibliography:
A. M. Darmon, Autour de l’art juif, Ecyclopédie des peintres, photographes et sculpteurs, Chatou, Editions Carnot, 2003.
In 1924 he received an honorable mention, a diploma for decorative arts, and the Prix du Maroc. He teaches drawing at a school in Villejuif and from 1929 to 1937, participates in the other Paris Salons : des Indépendants, d'Automne, des Tuileries.
In 1928 he exhibited some landscapes of the "Goumoisière" and Lanzac in Paris, as well as several portraits of young women. He served as secretary of the fresco painters' guild.
On December 12, 1941 Adler and his brother were arrested in Compiègne, then transferred to Drancy and finally to Auschwitz.
Bibliography:
A. M. Darmon, Autour de l’art juif, Ecyclopédie des peintres, photographes et sculpteurs, Chatou, Editions Carnot, 2003.
