Bencion Cukierman [Ben Zion Zuckerman] 1890-1944

Cukierman was a  Russian Jewish painter and engraver. Initially, he studied at the Drawing School in Vilnius, later leaving for Berlin and Paris where he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts.  In 1913, he had his first solo exhibition in Paris. During World War I he lived in Moscow later returning to Vilnius. In 1923-1927 he lived in Jerusalem when he was associated with the artists of Bezalel. Cukierman exhibited in Vilnius, Warsaw, Lvov and Cracow. He mostly painted landscapes from  Vilnius and Paris and after his stay in Palestine, oriental  scenes. His paintings, during different periods, reveal the influence of Post Impressionism, Expressionism and Formism.