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Federico Guglielmo Jehuda Pollack, known as Gino Parin (25 August 1876, in Trieste – 9 June 1944, in Bergen-Belsen) was an Italian painter of Jewish ancestry; known primarily for his portraits of women. He was also known as Friedrich Pollak or Polak.
@ the Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon. It was there he had his first exhibition. At first, he was mostly a caricaturist; satirizing the conventional German bourgeoisie. While visiting Paris, he met Ella Auler (1875–1962), an artist and musician from
He maintained close ties with Germany, although the racial laws prohibited him from exhibiting there after 1938. When he was a young man, he had acquired Swiss citizenship and was a legal resident of Campo Blenio.Biographical data
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@ Our Family History and Ancestry: Bernethy-Eby-Scribner-Hord * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parin, Gino 1876 births 1944 deaths 20th-century Italian painters Italian portrait painters Jewish painters Italian people who died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Artists from Trieste Italian Jews who died in the Holocaust Italian people of Jewish descent
Federico Guglielmo Jehuda Pollack, known as Gino Parin (25 August 1876, in Trieste – 9 June 1944, in Bergen-Belsen) was an Italian painter of Jewish ancestry; known primarily for his portraits of women. He was also known as Friedrich Pollak or Polak.
Biography
He began his studies in his home town with Eugenio Scomparini (who may have inspired his pseudonym), then attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia. He finished his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich withKarl Raupp
Karl Raupp (2 March 1837 in Darmstadt – 14 June 1918 in Munich) was a German landscape and genre painter.
Biography
After studying genre painting under Jakob Becker at the Städel Institute in Frankfurt, he became a pupil and zealous fol ...
.Biographical notes@ the Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon. It was there he had his first exhibition. At first, he was mostly a caricaturist; satirizing the conventional German bourgeoisie. While visiting Paris, he met Ella Auler (1875–1962), an artist and musician from
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. Later, they were married. Their son, Edgar
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Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, rev ...
, emigrated to the United States and, together with his wife, Ingri, became a noted writer and illustrator of children's books.
When he returned to Trieste, he began painting portraits; producing a long series devoted to the families of Ernesto Lackenbacher, an executive with (a Joint-stock company
A joint-stock company is a business entity in which shares of the company's capital stock, stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their share (finance), shares (certificates ...
), and Moise Mario Tedeschi (1853–1919), an engineer. In 1913, he won a gold medal at the XI Internationalen Kunstausstellung in the Glaspalast.
Between the wars, he exhibited in Vienna (where he was a member of the Hagenbund
The Hagenbund or Künstlerbund Hagen was a group of Austrian artists that formed in 1899. The group's name derived from the name Herr Hagen, the proprietor of an inn in Vienna which they frequented.
Early history
The group's most prominent member ...
) and Trieste, and had two showings at the Biennale di Venezia. He also attended exhibitions overseas and was awarded another gold medal at the Internazionale Quadriennale of Turin in 1923.
He maintained close ties with Germany, although the racial laws prohibited him from exhibiting there after 1938. When he was a young man, he had acquired Swiss citizenship and was a legal resident of Campo Blenio.@
SIKART
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. Nevertheless, he was detained in Italy and deported to the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. Along the way, he became seriously ill and died shortly after arriving.
References
Further reading
* Claudia Ragazzoni, ''Gino Parin'', Fondazione CRTrieste, 2003. * Fabio Lamacchia, ''Gino Parin, Il suo album ricordi''. Galleria editrice Artè, Trieste, 1994.External links
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@ Blouin Art Sales Index.
Gino Parin
@ Our Family History and Ancestry: Bernethy-Eby-Scribner-Hord * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parin, Gino 1876 births 1944 deaths 20th-century Italian painters Italian portrait painters Jewish painters Italian people who died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Artists from Trieste Italian Jews who died in the Holocaust Italian people of Jewish descent