The master etcher Hermann Struck was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Berlin and remained an observant Jew throughout his life. An active Zionist from an early age, he moved to Palestine in 1922 and spent the rest of his life there. He was known for his portraits of European cultural figures and for his landscapes and character studies of traditional Jews, both Ashkenazi and Mizrahi.
The title of this etching comes from the inscription that appears on the lower left. The picture depicts a Hasidic Jew in Jerusalem praying at the Western Wall, the remnant of the Second Temple that…
This engraving depicting “Jewish robbers” is from the book Des bekannten Diebes, Mörders und Räubers Lips Tullians, und seiner Complicen Leben und Ubelthaten (The Known Thief, Murderer, and Robber…
The woman depicted in Amazone is believed to be Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972), an American writer, lesbian, and feminist who hosted a literary salon in Paris. She was one of several women whom…