Ortodox Jews

This oil painting is shared by Daffodil. It was painted in Antwerp in 1968. She shares that her mother in law met Tony in Miami and went to his home in North Miami Beach. It was sometime in the late 60's. She paid $500 for the painting. It is 48x36 ". Tony was living with his wife who was pregnant at the time.

All this information is correct. His wife was probably pregnant with their second child at the time. In 1968 he lived in a small apartment in Antwerp in the Jewish quarter of town: Korte or Lange Herentalse Straat, between central Station and the Town Park. In that period he drew and portrayed a lot of the Jewish people around, the majority in that area being orthodox. He and his family left for the States half of January 1969. I am so certain of that because I have a dated good bye drawing for my daughter who just was born on the 1st of January. He told me later he had been teaching at the university in Miami but the students didn't get credits for it since he did not have the right degrees. Well that was Tony.