24 Facts About Lasar Segall

Lasar Segall was a Lithuanian and Brazilian painter, engraver and sculptor.

Lasar Segall moved to Berlin at the age of 15 and studied first at Berlin Konigliche Akademie der Kunste from 1906 to 1910.

Lasar Segall published a book of five etchings in Dresden, Sovenirs of Vilna in 1919, and two books illustrated with lithographs titled Bubu and die Sanfte.

Lasar Segall then began to express himself more freely and developed his own style, which incorporated aspects of Cubism, while exploring his own Jewish background.

Lasar Segall returned to Dresden in 1914 and was still quite active in the Expressionist style.

In 1919 Lasar Segall founded the 'Dresdner Sezession Gruppe 1919' with Otto Dix, Conrad Felixmuller, Otto Lange and other artists.

However successful Lasar Segall was in Europe, he had already been greatly influenced by his time spent in Brazil, which had already transformed both his style and his subject matter.

Lasar Segall became acclimated within his newfound country and painted themes contributing to Brazil's countryside, mulattoes, favelas, prostitutes and plantations.

In 1925, Lasar Segall became extremely close to his pupil Jenny Klabin and eventually married her.

Lasar Segall's works included in the SPAM exhibition were two of his most important series of paintings in 1935; Campos do Jordao landscapes and the Portraits of Lucy.

Lucy was an understudy pupil and Lasar Segall conducted a series of images dedicated to her.

Lasar Segall's work was still gaining much positive credit still in Brazil, despite the dissolution of SPAM.

Still haunted by Rio de Janeiro's Mangue, Lasar Segall created images that stayed throughout his late career.

Much of his earlier impact of human suffering led Lasar Segall to create one of his most famous artworks in 1939 and 1940, known as Navio de emigrantes.

Later in the mid-1940s, Lasar Segall published his series of Mangue drawings that revealed poverty, specifically in the Rio de Janeiro slums.

Lasar Segall did not depict much of the African influence on his artwork until he moved to Brazil.

Lasar Segall was able to express himself in a freer manner while he portrayed the lifelong theme of his Jewish culture depicting the tribulations of European Jews.

Lasar Segall portrayed the landscapes in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and portrayed the different races without tension or malintention.

However, Lasar Segall remained faithful towards his Cubist nature throughout the majority of his artworks.

Lasar Segall achieved balance in this painting by centering the worker's neck and head protruding from the bottom of the painting.

Lasar Segall's home in Sao Paulo is a museum, furnished with his furniture, books and plants, as well his most famous works.

Museu Lasar Segall is a center for the art community in Sao Paulo to participate in monitored cultural activities regularly.

The Museu Lasar Segall is preserved to explore the stimulating experiences within multiple forms of art while still keeping a Brazilian cultural identity.

The Museum is intact today because of Brazil's concern to maintain their strong nationality and to preserve Lasar Segall's culturally influenced art dedicated for Brazil.