American painter Leon Golub is known for his large-scale, expressionistic, figurative artworks that draw on classical themes and imagery to address contemporary issues. An outspoken social activist, Golub was politically engaged throughout his career. His work has received critical acclaim and continues to be exhibited at numerous major American and international institutions. In 1951, Golub married fellow artist Nancy Spero.
Hershberg is considered one of the leading realist painters of our time. He has said that a true artist sees reality as a “continual feast, a never-ending delight to the eyes,” and hopes that his…
Wexler is an artist and architect who also makes furniture. Over the years, he has often reinvented the sukkah, the booth in which Jews eat meals during Sukkot, an autumn holiday commemorating the…
Home to a Jewish community from at least the thirteenth century, Pesaro later became the refuge of Portuguese and Spanish Jews in the sixteenth century. In 1642, a few years after the town’s Jews were…