Nimrod

Itzhak Danziger

1939

Sandstone sculpture of the upper torso of a naked man with animal features and a bow along his backbone.
Please login or register for free access to Posen Library
Register
Already have an account?
Engage with this Source

Creator Bio

Itzhak Danziger

1916–1977

The Israeli sculptor and landscape architect Itzhak Danziger was born into a bourgeois Berlin family that settled in Jerusalem in 1923. From 1934 to 1937, he studied at the Slade School in London. While studying in London, he visited the British Museum and was influenced by the Assyrian, Egyptian, and African sculpture he encountered there. He returned to Jerusalem in 1938 and created Nimrod, one of the most famous works of Israeli sculpture. From 1948 to 1955, Danziger lived in London, during which time he studied garden and landscape design. He returned to Israel in 1955 and taught three-dimensional design at the Technion.

You may also like

Ivory pointer in shape of hand on one end with three ivory and brass beads.
Tooltip info icon

Yadayim (Torah Pointers)

These two Torah pointers (yadayim) are from Galicia, one made of ivory and brass and the other of wood. Yadayim (hands) are used during public reading of the Torah, so that the reader may avoid…
View Source
Bust of man wearing a hat.
Tooltip info icon

Head of a Young Jew (Self-Portrait)

Head of a Young Jew, Natan Altman’s most famous sculpture, is an expression of his desire to set a new, modern course for Jewish art. The asymmetrical sculpture, a combination of bronze, copper, and…
View Source

My Glorious Brothers

Wherein I, Simon Sit in Judgment On an afternoon in the month of Nisan, which is the sweetest time of the year, the bells were sounded; and I, Simon, the least, the most unworthy of all my…
View Source