Untitled 

This ‘Untitled’ painting is by Jules Perahim, who was born in Romania in 1914. Perahim’s identity as a Jewish artist in interwar Romania placed him at the intersection of cultural innovation and political turmoil. The painting offers a dreamlike landscape populated with hybrid forms and figures. There are elements of the surrealist movement, visible in the way the natural and the human are combined. Perahim belonged to a generation of Jewish avant-garde artists who sought to reimagine identity through art. The figures here are evocative of the diasporic experience, perhaps referencing a sense of being in transit. The fish form may speak to themes of transformation, a sense of otherness, or the subconscious. Although open to interpretation, the dream-like nature of the composition allows us to consider the artist’s personal history and the broader societal context of displacement and cultural hybridity. This painting becomes an exploration of identity, shaped by both personal experience and historical forces.