The work of Israeli artist Maya Cohen Levy includes paintings, sculptures, installations, and book projects. She studied calligraphy in Japan and China and has also turned to Islamic art for inspiration. Her work has been the subject of group shows as well as solo exhibitions in Israel and Germany. Cohen Levy received the Israel Culture and Education Ministry Award (2005). She lives in Tel Aviv.
This pitcher from Nuremberg, Germany, was made around 1650. Cast in silver, the repoussé piece is finely traced and engraved with floral patterns. On its lid sits a shield engraved with a Hebrew…
Camille Pissarro was notable among his fellow impressionist painters in that he often put trees at the center of his compositions instead of using them primarily as a framing device. He also…
Human follies, silver and gold and possessions,
Last only shortly on earth, and like flies, they fly away.
Wealth flowers like abundant grain, or like a tree’s boughs,
It bears recognizable fruit…