BIOGRAPHY

1903

on November 1 was born in Warsaw, Poland

1908/10

spent vacations in Dieveniškės (Juvenishki), a shtetl not far away from Vilnius, at his paternal grandparents

1920s

studied in Warsaw School of Fine Arts

1929/30

studied painting in Paris, including L’Ecole des Beaux Arts

1931

married Nechuma (Nadia) Slobodzianska, born in Krasnik, Poland

1933

their only son Natan was born

1930s

worked in fur industry in order to support family

1941/43

took refuge from Nazi occupation in Nice, later in Manes (village in the Lower Alps)

1944

after family’s hideout was traced, joined the Free France Forces, wife Nadia was deported to Auschwitz (returned in 1945) and son Natan was hidden in Clion-sur-Indre, central France

1951/55

emigrated to Israel to become a partner with his brother in law in a small metal works factory

1955

moved to Montreal (Canada) to work in fur industry again

1959

as a consequence of having developed eye allergy to fur and encouraged by his wife Nadia, started new career as a painter

1960/61

exhibited his artworks at the Montreal’s Young Men’s Hebrew Association and, on his son’s initiative, in Centro Deportivo Israelita (Mexico), as well as in other two Mexico’s galleries, and held his first exhibitions in USA

1962

returned to Israel and together with wife Nadia bought a studio in Safed, Galilee, and became a member of the artist colony there

1962 /70

shared his time between Safed (Israel) in summer and New York (USA) in winter. Simon’s wife Nadia organized around 100 exhibitions in 10 years in Canada, USA and Israel, including Ramat Gan City Museum in Israel, Theodor Herzl Institute, Central Art Gallery and Murray and Greenfield gallery in New York, Klutznick Exhibition Hall in Washington.

1982

died in Tel Aviv on October 12. Buried in Safed, where his wife’s Nadia’s body was also laid to rest in 2009