Sleeping Beauty

Aleksandr Tyshler

1918

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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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The Vision of the Cleansing and Consecration of the High Priest

He further showed me Joshua, the high priest, standing before the angel of the Lord, and the Accuser standing at his right to accuse him. But [the angel of] the Lord said to the Accuser, “The Lord…

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Page with German text across top and bottom, with two nearly identical figures in center, with the one on the left bearded and in prayer garment and hat, and the one on the right with moustache and suit.

The Reformed Hasid

“Before and After the Reform.” Cartoon from Der schlemiel: Illustriertes jüdisches Blatt für Humor und Satire lampooning the transformation of a Hasidic Jew into a Reformed Jew.

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Sleeping Beauty

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