A Jew in Germany

Michael David

1993

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Michael David

b. 1954

The work of Nevada-born artist Michael David is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He is known for his abstract work, but since the 1990s he has also experimented with photography and representational painting. David received a Guggenheim Fellowship and several grants from the Edward Albee Foundation. He lives in New York.

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The Enemy at His Pleasure: A Journey through the Jewish Pale of Settlement during World War I

Before the war Bloyne was a rich and elegant Jewish town: wide streets, a large municipal park, several monuments, many tall buildings, large stores. But when the war came through, the town was…

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Painting of bearded man in glasses and hat seated at table with cigarette in one hand and Yiddish newspaper in the other.

The Watchmaker

Like other paintings by Yehudah Pen, The Watchmaker depicts an encounter between a traditional Jew and modernity. Here, a traditionally dressed watchmaker reads the Warsaw Yiddish newspaper Haynt…

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Photograph of figures sitting in furnished room.

Thieves

This scene is from the 1917 Vilna Troupe production of Fishl Bimko’s Ganovim (Robbers), featuring, from left to right, Morris Tarlov, Avrom Teytlboym, Herts Grosbard, Luba Kadison, and Noyekh Nakhbush…

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A Jew in Germany

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