Official Postcard of the Sixth Zionist Congress

Emil Ranzenhofer

1903

Drawing of man in field looking at an angel surrounded by sheaves, with decorative border and Hebrew text along top and bottom.

Those Who Sow in Tears Will Reap the Harvest, official postcard of the Sixth Zionist Congress, Basel, 1903, with postmark.

Credits

Courtesy of Levy Auctions, Jerusalem / Wikipedia.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.

Engage with this Source

Creator Bio

Emil Ranzenhofer

1864–1930

Born in Vienna, Emil Ranzenhofer entered the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in 1880 to study painting. Interrupted by military service, Ranzenhofer completed his studies in the late 1880s. By 1900, he was well known locally as a designer of posters and other commercial art forms. In addition to his design work, Ranzenhofer produced etchings and illustrations, including for postcards, certificates, and pamphlets issued by the Zionist Jewish National Fund. While serving in the Austrian military during World War I, he created a number of sketches and designs depicting scenes of the war.

You may also like

An Address on Women’s Rights

October 19, 1851 [E]ven here, in this far-famed land of freedom and of knowledge, under a republic that has inscribed on its banner the great truth that all men are created free and equal and are…
View Source

The Family Tree

I have a lovely period photo, sepia coloured, with all the characters in a row, and their gentle trusting faces, photograph faces that nobody ever looks at now. They are the shifbrider, the ship…
View Source