David Tartakover is an Israeli artist, graphic designer, and curator who lives in Tel Aviv and is especially known for his politically controversial posters. His work is found in permanent collections of museums in Israel and abroad and he has had solo exhibitions in Israel, France, Japan, China, Germany, Poland, and Russia. Tartakover received the Israel Prize in 2002. He has been a senior lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem since 1976.
Very little is known about Rahlo Jammele, who performed so-called Moorish dances at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (Columbian Exposition) “Turkish Village” pavilion. Fair materials described her as “a…
This watercolor sketch of uprooted Jews arriving in the Warsaw Ghetto was one of many artworks Rynecki made while incarcerated there. Before the war, many of his paintings documented the vibrancy of…
In this terra-cotta figurine from Beersheba, 5.5 inches (14 cm) high, the face is made by pinching the clay to draw out the nose, thereby forming the eye sockets. The nose has a beak-like appearance…