Background
His brother Maurycy Gottlieb, also a painter, died before Leopold was born.
His brother Maurycy Gottlieb, also a painter, died before Leopold was born.
January Matejko Academy of Fine Arts.
Leopold Gottlieb began his formal art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow under the direction of Jacek Malczewski. After graduating the academy, he moved to Munich to continue his studies in the studio of Anton Ažbe. In 1910, he moved to Jerusalem to teach in the Bezalel School of Artist
He participated in exhibitions in the Vienna Secession.
He also participated in the exhibition of Polish art, organized in 1912, Jose Galeries Dalmau in Barcelona. During the he joined the Polish Legions.
During his service in the Legions, he used to draw and document scenes depicting everyday life in the formation and the life of his fellow soldier commanders. His drawings and lithographs were presented in the "Exhibition of Polish Legions," which took place in Lublin in 1917.
After the war, he settled in Poland, moved to Vienna, and then to Germany.
In 1926, he returned to Paris where he exhibited at the Galerie aux Quatre Chemins (1927), d"Art de Montparnasse (1928), Bonaparte (1930), and Zak (1934). In 1929 and 1930, he joined the exhibition of the Association of Polish Artists. Gottlieb"s paintings often depict biblical themes with range of brown, green, and pink pearl tones that intensify with linear rhythm.
This rhythm makes the images gain characteristics of ritual ceremony or music
The content of his painting display a rich language of icons and symbols which are drawn from Christian iconography. Gottlieb also painted many portraits of famous people, including Diego Rivera and Helena Rubinstein.
In 1904, at the age of 21 he settled in Paris and became a member of the Circle of Montparnasse artists.