Iosif Iser

Iosif Iser
Born	(1881-05-21)21 May 1881 Câmpulung Muscel
Died	25 April 1958(1958-04-25)(aged 76) Bucharest
Nationality	Romanian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Expressionism

Iosif Iser(21 May 1881 – 25 April 1958; born and died inBucharest) was aRomanianpainter and graphic artist.

Born to aJewishfamily, he was initially inspired byExpressionism,creating drawings with thick, unmodulated, lines and steep angles. After studies inMunichandParis(with, among others,André Derain), Iser worked for thesocialistpress (Faclaand the original version ofAdevărul), publishing a large number ofcaricatures(most of them satirising theRomanian Monarchy). He also started his first series of paintings withDobrujanthemes, usually featuring localTatarportraits.

Around 1920, Iosif Iser adopted a more luminous range of colours, while softening the textures. He continued his "Tatar" themes with hisTătăroaică în albastru( "Tatar Woman in Blue" ) andFamile de tătari( "Tatar Family" ). He expanded on another series, one that depictedharlequins.

In 1955, he was elected a fullmember of the Romanian Academy.

External links

• Works by or about Iosif Iserat theInternet Archive
• (in Romanian)Biographical sketch at Judaica.roArchived2007-03-11 at theWayback Machine
• (in English)Profile at artline.ro