Leopold Gottlieb’s artistic contacts in Paris at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s
- 2.12.2025
What if not a tiny centre of the world was an artist’s studio in interwar Paris? A node on the map of migration, a meeting point for a variety of languages, traditions and experiences.
Leopold Gottlieb, a Polish painter living in France, did not confine himself to the Polish diaspora. The artistic network he was part of was extensive enough to link him with artists from across Europe: Alfred Aberdam, a Lviv-born painter who worked in Paris; Issacher Ber Ryback, a Ukraine-born Jewish artist whose creative output was inspired by folklore; and Érik Goldberg, a Berliner active at the intersection of Cubism and Symbolist art.
Each of these encounters constituted a record of artistic exchange and mutual inspiration at a time when Paris was a modernist melting pot. Rather than a mere observer, Gottlieb was an active participant, and his art relied on the energy of this international community.
The photographs come from the artist's family archive, digitised as part of a project co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund.
Galeria
Issacher Ber Ryback
(born 1897 in Yelisavetgrad, Ukraine – died 1935 in Paris)
A painting by Ryback
Photograph from the Gottlieb family archive.
Adolf Feder
(born 1886 in Odessa – died 1943 in Auschwitz)
A painting by Feder
Photograph from the Gottlieb family archive.
Eric Goldberg
(born 1890 in Berlin – died 1969 in Montreal)
A painting by Goldberga
Photograph from the Gottlieb family archive.
Eric Detthow
(born 1888 in Vassända-Naglum, Sweden – died 1952 in Stockholm)
A painting by Detthow
Photograph from the Gottlieb family archive.
Suzanne Valadon
(born 1865 in Bessines-sur-Gartempe, France – died 1938 in Paris)
A painting by Valadon
Photograph from the Gottlieb family archive.
Alfred Aberdam
(born 1894 in Lviv – died 1963 in Paris)
A painting by Aberdama
Photograph from the Gottlieb family archive.
Project funding
Co-funding for this project was provided by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund.