David Schneuer

Hungarian (1905-1987)

Born in Austro-Hungary in 1905, David Schneuer studied at the Münchner Künstgewerbeschule in Munich, Germany. Influenced by the German Expressionist movement, Schneuer worked as a poster artist in theaters in Berlin and Munich, depicting subtle, expressive and sensuous characters in social settings of 1920s Paris.

In 1932, Schneuer was imprisioned as an artistic dissident by Hitler’s forces in Dachau. Upon his release the following year, Schneuer immigrated to Palestine and became one of the founders of the city’s advertising industry.

Schneuer’s works are held in permanent collections worldwide including in the Munich Municipal Museum, Germany, Spertus Museum, Chicago, Boston Museum of Fine Art, Massachusetts, Vancouver Museum, Canada, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv Museum, Israel, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Rupertinum, Austria, Provincial Museum for Modern Art, Belgium, Skirball Museum, California and the Joensuu Art Museum, Finland.