Born in Palestine and
brought to Paris as a child, Theo Tobiasse created his earliest drawings before
World War II. After the war, having spent the crucial years of his youth hiding
from the Nazis in a Paris apartment, he became a successful commercial designer
until 1961, when he decided to devote his full attention to painting.
Tobiasse's style of painting is highly sophisticated. His technique is a
painterly blend of surrealism, expressionism, and modern primitivism. His
themes are literary, often biblical, and at times, erotic. His paintings seem
to transcend history - fusing dreams, mythologies, biblical stories and his own
past - into rich metaphors for the world of the present.
An internationally acclaimed artist, Tobiasse's works are included in numerous
private, corporate and museum collections worldwide.
'Femme Foraine,' 1981, carborundum gravure, 38" x 28", Edition #72/75