# Natan Spigel

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'''Natan Spigel''' (also: Nathan, Szpigiel/Spiegel/Szpigel) (1892–1942) was a Jewish painter born in [Poland](/source/Poland).<ref name= Shtetl>[https://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/lodz/noted.htm, shtetlinks.jewishgen.org] Shtetlinks, Noted Citizens of Lodz, Szpigiel (SPIEGEL), Natan (1900-1943), Retrieved February 1, 2011.</ref>  Spigel was a key member of the influential [Expressionist](/source/Expressionist) group [Yung-yidish](/source/Yung-yidish).<ref name= Shtetl/>  He exhibited his works throughout Europe until his internment in [Radomsko](/source/Radomsko) [ghetto](/source/ghetto) in 1939. Natan was murdered in [Treblinka](/source/Treblinka) in 1942, and only about 20 of his works survived the Shoah-Holocaust.

==Life and artistic career==
Natan Spigel was born into an [Orthodox Jewish](/source/Orthodox_Jewish) family in [Łódź](/source/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA), now in Poland, in 1892. ( see autobiographic letter to Prof. [Otto Schneid](/source/Otto_Schneid)). The remnants of his family are now based in London. He studied art as a young man and then in 1910 traveled to Rome on sponsorship, where he continued his studies with [Henryk Glicenstein](/source/Henryk_Glicenstein). His first major success, in Paris, was the invitation to show in the 1924 [Salon d'Automne](/source/Salon_d'Automne), although his first public exhibition was in Łódź in 1921. He was invited to exhibit in London at the [Ben Uri Gallery](/source/Ben_Uri_Gallery) in 1930 and also, at a joint exhibition with [Jacob Epstein](/source/Jacob_Epstein). In Poland Natan Spigel was regularly exhibiting his work, with shows in Łódź, [Kraków](/source/Krak%C3%B3w) and Warsaw (1921, 1928 & 1937).

Spigel considered himself a Jewish painter, and his painting reflected this focus, depicting scenes of Jewish life in Poland, as well as portraits and still-life, in both watercolours and oils. A particularly distinctive feature of some of his watercolours was his use of varnish to give age and contrast. Spigel was a key member of the [Expressionist](/source/Expressionist) group Jung Idysz.<ref name= Shtetl/> He was also a member of ‘Start’, a group of mainly Jewish, Łódź artists, who exhibited across Poland throughout the 1920s and '30s. By the 1930s, his work was in collections in Poland, London, and Israel. 
  
Shortly after the [German invasion of Poland](/source/German_invasion_of_Poland), in 1939, Natan Spigel, together with his family, was interned in the [Radomsko](/source/Radomsko) [ghetto](/source/ghetto). He continued to paint during this time. He was murdered in the Treblinka extermination camp in 1942.

Today Natan Spigel’s work can be seen in public collections in Tel Aviv, London, [Lublin](/source/Lublin), and [Ein Harod](/source/Ein_Harod). Only about 20 of his paintings are definitely known to have survived.

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://cbj.jhi.pl/documents/589891/0/ Spigel's work in Central Jewish Library]
see :     natanspigel.com

see:    https://archive.org/details/ottoschneidpapers
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