Abraham Joseph Berline (5 October 1893 in Nishyn – 1942) was a Ukrainian artist who lived in Paris and died during World War II. Abraham Joseph Berline was born on October 6, 1893, in Nizhyn in the Russian Empire (today in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine). He was the son of Leib Berline and Hana Kaganoff. In 1912, at the age of 19, he emigrated to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He supported himself by driving a taxi and every place he saw figured in his landscapes. His work was highly regarded and exhibited at the most prestigious Parisian salons: Salon d'Automne, Salon des Indépendants, Salon des Tuileries, the Paul Appel Gallery, and in private galleries. When France was invaded, Berline joined the Resistance, but in May 1941 Berline was arrested in the Billet Vert operation and interned as a Russian Jew in Compiègne internment camp. He continued to produce work, mainly pastels, focusing on the beauty of nature, in an attempt to transcend the camp experience through art. These paintings were shown in the camp along with other artists' work. After seven months he was transferred to Drancy internment camp, and from there to Auschwitz, as was his wife Doucia—never to return. His works are included in the art collection of the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum and the Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine in Paris. References External links Hecht Museum - Abraham Berline at mushecht.haifa.ac.il - Hecht Museum, University of Haifa - Learning about the holocaust through art 1893 births 1942 deaths People from Nizhyn Ukrainian Jews Jews from the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Jewish painters Modern painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century Russian male artists 20th-century French male artists French male painters Jews in the French resistance French people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Soviet civilians killed in World War II Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps French Jews who died in the Holocaust