Harry Lieberman ( Polish )

Oil on Paper laid on Canvas F: 27 X 23, S: 19 X 15 Harry Lieberman was born Naftulo Hertzke Liebhaber in Gnieveshev, Poland, in November 1876. In 1906 at the age of 29 he emigrated to the United States, sending for his wife two years later. The Liebermans, who worked first as cloth cutters, bought a candy store that soon prospered into a wholesale confectioner business.Mr. Lieberman's wife, Sophie, died in 1967. He is survived by a brother, Abraham Liebhaber of the Bronx; two daughters, Helen Popkin of Great Neck and Rose Blake of Los Angeles; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.Throughout his 26 years as a painter, Mr. Lieberman completed hundreds of pieces and his work was shown in museums and galleries in Great Neck, in New York and in the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington. His work has also been on display in Houston, Seattle, Los Angeles, La Jolla, Calif., and Rotterdam, Holland.