Jakub Cytryn (1909 – 1943) was a Jewish painter in the interwar Poland.
[1] Born in Opatów, in the historic province of Lesser Poland, Cytryn showed his art talent already in his teenage years.
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw around 1932.
A year later, along with his brother, painter Henryk (Chaim) Cytryn (1911–1943),[1] they prepared decorations for the “Little White Beds” ball at the European Hotel in Warsaw.
In 1939, he participated in the summer exhibition in Kazimierz Dolny along with art by his brother.