The Bessarabian-born painter Nahum Gutman moved to Tel Aviv when he was seven. He studied at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts and, in the 1920s, in Vienna, Berlin, and Paris. He returned to Mandate Palestine in 1926. His oils and watercolors often feature massive, highly stylized individuals. Though influenced by French expressionism, he saw himself as a rebel, turning his back on European traditions of painting and championing a style in harmony with the light and landscapes of Palestine.
With the Almighty’s assistance.
It having been the case that the esteemed and exalted R. Joseph Fico, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, has been perpetually quarreling with his esteemed wife, Mrs…
Kneeling figure praying, Hazor, first half of eighth century BCE. Raised hands are a gesture of prayer. This is on a seal impression stamped on the rim of a krater.
Early in his career, Castel often painted pictures of Jews, like these, whose roots were in Arab lands. Many at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, where he studied, believed that Yemenite Jews…