An important group in the Hecht Museum's art collection is the work of Jewish painters from the Paris School. The Paris School is a term that distinguishes the French local artists known for the French school as a whole, and the foreign artists who lived and created in Paris during the first three decades of the twentieth century. These artists were drawn to the art capital of the time to study it and experience the local lifestyle that fed the great French art. Many of these artists were Jews, many of whom came from Eastern Europe.

Parisian artists were heavily influenced by the artistic streams that prevailed at the time such as phobism, cubism, and surrealism, but unlike their French counterparts, they were more liberated from the traditions of art traditions, making it easier for them to develop prominent personalities. At the same time, a common characteristic of most Parisian artists is their adherence to expressiveness, expression of emotional issues and atmosphere or subjective vision.