Chenoch Hendel Lieberman (29 March 1900 Old Style – 15 March 1976), born Chenoch Hendel Futerfas, was an Orthodox Judaism Judaism -born, Chabad Hasidism United States artist. He was the brother of the famed Mashpia Rabbi Menachem Mendel Futerfas. Lieberman was known in the Chabad community as Feter Hendel ("Uncle Hendel").
Biography
Hendel was born in
Pleshchenitsy,
Belarus (then part of the
Russian Empire) as Chenoch Hendel Futerfas. In 1925 he married Breina Freidman, with whom he had two daughters. Breina and the two girls were killed by a Nazi
Einsatzgruppe in 1941, in Brahin,
Belarus, while Hendel was serving in the
Red Army.
In 1946, Hendel left the USSR using forged Polish papers; afraid that the KGB would track him down, he changed his surname to Lieberman. After short stays in Paris and London, in 1951 he settled in Brooklyn, New York, where he became a devoted Hasid, follower of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Art
Hendel Lieberman's art is noted for its depiction of Jewish and Hasidic life and customs. His paintings hang in a number of museums including the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, London's
Tate Gallery, and museums in Paris.
Legacy
The Chabad rock band
Feter Hendel ("Uncle Hendel") is named after Hendel Lieberman.
[ "Band assumes name of progenitor of Chasidic art." CrownHeights.info. Accessed December 17, 2014.][ "About Feter Hendel." FeterHendel.com. Accessed December 17, 2014.]
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