Shabtai Zola (known as Shabse) is the name of my mother's father. The memorial photograph shows Shabtai's father (name not given), his younger sister Eetah, her husband Laizar Palatnick, and their two daughters who eventually studied at University; all perished. Eeteh and her husband Laizar were physicians. The painting uses a turbulent sky and dramatic landscape to impart importance to its subject, a device of Renaissance and Romantic painting.
Available as giclee print.