Felix Lembersky

Felix Lembersky was a Ukrainian painter whose works departed from the conventions of Soviet painting, bringing personal and historical truths into social consciousness. A formally trained artist, Lembersky studied at the Jewish Arts and Trades School in Kiev and the Russian Academy of Arts in Leningrad. He survived the Nazi siege of Leningrad in 1941 but lost his family to the Holocaust. In addition to including Jewish symbols and imagery, Lembersky’s painting often represented the harsh realities of Soviet life in a colorful, impressionistic style.