Zvi Ehrman was born in Poland 1903. Died in Israel 1993.

When Lvov was occupied by the Nazis, Ehrman was imprisoned in the ghetto. 

In 1942, he fled to the Caucasus and found a job as a set designer in the local theater. 

He painted this painting in the Caucasus in Tbilisi in 1943. In 1976, a family of Georgian Jews brought this painting to Israel.

Education

1920-1927 Architecture and Interior Design, Institute of Applied Arts, Lviv, Poland

1927-1932 Art Academy, Krakow, Poland

Teaching

1931-1936 Painting, Jewish school, Brandz'in, Poland

1936-1939 Painting, Jewish high school, Krakow, Poland

1939 Technical school, Lviv, Poland

1947 Detention camp, Cyprus

His widow granted prize in his name to veteran painter, Zvi Tadmor.

Zwi Ehrman held a number of exhibitions in Europe before the Second World War.

After immigrating to Israel he became a member of the Artists' Quarter in Safed.