Jacques Chapiro, French, 1887 to 1972, an oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a reading girl with a cat. Signed lower right. Framed. Jacques Yaakov Chapiro was a painter of the School of Paris. Chapiro was born in Dinaburg, Russian Empire, now Daugavpils, Latvia. In 1925, he left Russia in favor of Paris, and settled down in Montparnasse. As of 1926, he exhibited his works at the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des Tuileries among other places. When he did return to Paris he set down to write his book of anecdotal stories taken from the life of the artists from La Ruche. In the thirties, he painted several portraits, whose expressiveness and iconography preceded those of the portraits of Francis Bacon. Some art historians have repeatedly talked about a strong link between the painting of Van Gogh, Soutine, Chapiro and Bacon. European Fine Art, Portrait Oil Paintings, Wall Art, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.