Sleeping Beauty

Aleksandr Tyshler

1918

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Drawing of women sitting around table with food.

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Aleksandr Tyshler

1898–1980

Born in Melitopol, Ukraine, the son of a carpenter, the artist Aleksandr Tyshler studied in Kiev and, after serving in a propaganda unit of the Red Army, continued his education in Moscow. He worked in various mediums: painting, sculpture, graphic design, and theatrical design. Beginning in the late 1920s and continuing through the 1940s, he designed sets for both the Yiddish- and Russian-language theaters.

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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)

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Cartooning & graphic art

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Costume Design for Dovid Bergelson’s The Deaf One

In the wake of the Russian Revolution and the lifting of restrictions on Jewish publishing, Jewish theater companies revolutionized theater and scene design and experimented with modernist approaches…

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David’s Thanksgiving Prayer on Completing Preparations for the Temple

David blessed the Lord in front of all the assemblage; David said, “Blessed are You, Lord, God of Israel our father, from eternity to eternity. Yours, Lord, are greatness, might, splendor, triumph…

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The Girl of Dreams

In the meantime, they reached HaYarkon Street. The three couples climbed on their bicycles again and said goodbye. From afar, a fire siren was heard, the usual background music of Lag BaOmer. Merav’s…

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Sleeping Beauty

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