Arthur Segal (23 July 1875 — 23 June 1944) was a Romanian artist and author.

Early life

Segal was born to Jewish parents in Iaşi,

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

, and studied at the Berlin Academy from 1892. He studied with Schmid-Reutte and Hölzel in

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in 1896, and later studied in

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and

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in the early 1900s.

Career

After studying in

and

, he eventually moved to Berlin in 1904 where he exhibited his work with Die Brucke and Der Blaue Reiter, two leading German expression groups. In 1910 he co-founded the ''Neue Sezession'', a group of artists whose work was rejected by the ''Berliner Sezession''. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he moved to Ascona, Switzerland with his family, and remained there until 1920. During the war, Switzerland became a refuge for many artists like Segal, and whilst he was there he exhibited some of his work with Arp and

Dada Dada () or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (in 1916). New York Dada began c. 1915, and after 1920 Dada flourished in Pari ...

in the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. In 1920, he returned to Berlin, where he founded his own art school in 1923, ''Novembergruppe''. He was offered a teaching job at the

Bauhaus The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the Bauhaus (), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., 20 ...

in Dessau, but he declined. Because of his Jewish background he was prevented from exhibiting his work in Germany,McLean Arts & Books – Browsing Artists
/ref> and so in 1933 he moved to Palma, Majorca and then London, where he set up another school with his daughter Marianne. He died in London. Segal was firstly a painter, and his early work was heavily influenced by

impressionism Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

and

neo-impressionism Neo-Impressionism is a term coined by French art critic Félix Fénéon in 1886 to describe an art movement founded by Georges Seurat. Seurat's most renowned masterpiece, '' A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'', marked the beginn ...

. From around 1910 he began a more expressionism and

dadaism Dada () or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (Zurich), Cabaret Voltaire (in 1916). New York Dada began c. 1915, and after 192 ...

style, and around 1916 found his own modern style. As well as painting, he also produced woodcuts from 1910, many of which were anti-war themed. Segal was also the author of many books, articles, and often gave lectures. His son was the architect Walter Segal.

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References

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Immatriculation
at Munich Art Academy
Imogen Wiltshire: Painting as Psychotherapy: Arthur Segal’s Painting School for Professionals and Non-Professionals (1937–1944). University of Birmingham, 2013

Paintings by Arthur Segal at the Jewish Museum Berlin

Paintings by Arthur Segal at Romanian National Art Museum

Leo Baeck Institute, New York The Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI) is a research institute in New York City dedicated to the study of German-Jewish history and culture, founded in 1955. It is one of three independent research centers founded by a group of German-speaking J ...

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