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Théo Tobiasse was a French artist best known for expressionist paintings and prints.
Tobiasse's work, depicting women, men, and symbolic iconography with loose brush strokes and rich colors, evokes Jewish Christian mysticism similar to Marc Chagall, a famous French-Russian painter.
Born on 26 April 1927 in the essential Palestinian state of Jaffa (now Israel), he and his family moved to Paris in 1931.
Tobiasse studied adolescence at the National School of Decorative Arts during World War II, avoiding the Nazi army.
After the liberation of Paris, he began his career as a designer who made tapestries, stage sets, and window decorations for Herm회사의s.
He won awards such as the Dorothy Gould Award in 1961, drawing international attention and praise from critics.
In the 1970s, he visited Jerusalem and created a stained glass work for the Jewish Community Center in Nice.
The author died on November 3, 2012 in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France.

Théo Tobiasse (French, 1927–2012) was a painter, illustrator, and sculptor. His family, born to Lithuanian parents in Jaffa, Palestine (today Israel), was born.
He returned to Lithuania and moved to Paris in 1931.
Tobias lived in hiding from the persecution of the Nazism during World War II.
After the liberation of Paris, he began his career as a graphic designer and created tapestries, stage sets, and window decorations for Hermes.

In 1950, Tobiasse acquired French citizenship and moved to Nice.
In 1960, his work was first released at Palais de la Mediteranee and won the first prize.
He then won the Dorothy Gould Award in 1961, and a year later devoted himself to painting full-time.
Tobiasse spent the next few years exhibiting in cities like Geneva, Montreal, Tokyo, London, Zurich, Los Angeles and New York.
He also tested the color and texture of oil paints as well as Guash.
He drew it from his childhood memories in Lithuania and developed a very personal iconography on the subject of asylum and the Holocaust.

Visiting Jerusalem in the 1970s inspired him to reconnect with Jewish roots.
Later, he created the first stained glass work for the Jewish Community Center in Nice.
In 1976, he moved his studio to Saint-Paul-de-Vence, where he continued to explore lithography, ceramics, sculptures, and sculptures.
During this period, his main themes included the city where he lived or spent time, the Bible theme, and the female figure.

Tobiasse continued to travel throughout the 1980s and began to divide the time between New York and Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
He also experimented with new technologies, including mixed media in paper, collage, acrylic and oil pastels.

At the time of his death, he received homage from the Minister of Culture and Vice Mayor Nice.