בדז'יך פייגל

Bedrich Feigl (1884-1965), painter, graphic designer, and illustrator, born in Prague, Czech Republic (then part of Austria-Hungary). He studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Prague. He first exhibited in a group exhibition in 1907, in Prague.

During WW I, Feigl was a member of a team of aircraft designers, later becoming the dean of the Czechoslovak aircraft industry and was delegated to attend many conventions abroad.

Feigl was considered an avant-garde artist. In the early years of the 20th century, when the first center of contemporary avant-garde art formed in Prague, Feigl was its intellectual head. In 1928 he was a founding member of the Prague Secession.

In the history of Jewish art in Czechoslovakia, Feigl occupies a position apart. He was attracted by Jewish and biblical themes, such as Rebecca at the Well or The Finding of Moses. In addition, his landscapes include depictions of Jerusalem, The Valley of Gideon, The Valley of Kidron, places he visited during a voyage to the Land of Israel in 1932.

He lived for a long time in Berlin, New York, and London. In 1939, foillowing the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, he was arrested and interned in a German camp. He, along with his wife, were liberated only at the intervention of the Artist's Refugee Committee and the British Consulate in Koln, Germany, and allowed to leave for England in April 1939 where they settled in London. Feigl regularly took part in group exhibitions at the London Ben Uri Art Gallery, which displayed his work on the occasion of his 75th and 80th birthday in the years 1959 and 1964, respectively.

Feigl died in London.