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Abraham Frescoartist • painter • watercolourist • draughtsmanDen Haag 1903-1942 Auschwitz (Polen)

biography of Abraham Fresco

The Hague painter Abraham Fresco, who died young, left behind a small but interesting oeuvre. Already at primary school his talent for drawing was noticed and on the advice of his teachers he first went to the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague and then to the Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunst in Amsterdam. In 1928 - Abraham was 25 years old at the time - he was described in the Jewish weekly De Vrijdagavond as a 'very modest, serious, hard-working young man' who had a 'great future'. Initially Fresco mainly worked as a portrait painter, but later he concentrated more and more on painting city life and genre scenes. Its tranquil squares, bustling shopping streets and depictions of folk festivals are characterized by powerful brushwork and brilliant colours. Abraham Fresco, his wife Debora Engelsman and their daughter Marga were arrested in 1942 and deported. They were murdered in Auschwitz on 19 November 1942.


previously for salepaintings, watercolours and drawings by Abraham Fresco


Abraham Fresco | Herring in a bowl, oil on canvas, 33.2 x 40.6 cm, signed l.r.

Abraham Fresco

painting • previously for sale

Herring in a bowl

Abraham Fresco | The puppit show on the Dam, Amsterdam, oil on canvas, 25.3 x 35.4 cm, signed l.r.

Abraham Fresco

painting • previously for sale

The puppit show on the Dam, Amsterdam

Abraham Fresco | After de party, oil on canvas, 63.6 x 76.4 cm, signed l.r.

Abraham Fresco

painting • previously for sale

After de party

Abraham Fresco | Market stall with Chinese Lanterns, oil on canvas, 40.2 x 49.8 cm, signed l.r.

Abraham Fresco

painting • previously for sale

Market stall with Chinese Lanterns

Abraham Fresco | Travellers in a station, oil on canvas laid down on panel, 60.9 x 90.0 cm, signed l.r.

Abraham Fresco

painting • previously for sale

Travellers in a station

Abraham Fresco | Street vendor, pastel on paper, 56.9 x 44.0 cm, signed l.r.

Abraham Fresco

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Street vendor

Abraham Fresco | A fair, 30.0 x 24.5 cm, signed l.r.

Abraham Fresco

painting • previously for sale

A fair


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