Joseph Pressmane (1904, Beresteczko – 1967, Paris), Vase with Flowers

oil on plywood, 38 × 31.5 cm
signed and dated lower left: “J.Pressmane 62”

Exhibited:
– “Joseph Pressmane. Masters of the École de Paris,” Villa la Fleur, Konstancin-Jeziorna, May 18–September 28, 2019

Described and reproduced in:
– Artur Winiarski, “Joseph Pressmane, Masters of the École de Paris,” Warsaw 2019, cat. no. 99, ill. p. 115.

“Art is the expression of an impression. For this reason alone, the object is absolutely necessary to bring forth the image. The artist’s subconscious mediates between the impression and its expression, and that is why a work of art is a spiritual matter, not a photographic imitation of the object. Any subject can be painted, provided the artist has explored it in a spiritual way.”
Joseph Pressman [in:] Artur Winiarski, “Joseph Pressman, Masters of the École de Paris,” Warsaw 2019, p. 5