New Jewish Artists in the Holy Land

Art-Literature and the Revolutionary Public

We live in a time of Sturm und Drang [storm and stress]. Every day brings new disappointments and new hopes. Old forms lose their value, no new ones are being created. And the synthetic gaze of…

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Painting depicting three women seated with buildings and hills behind them, above small set of images including cows and two suns on either side of an eye on left, a woman in triangle surrounded by snakes in center, and a building ruin with owl on right.

The Choice of Paris

Shamir is known for portraits and landscapes that explore Zionist history and his own family story. Many of his paintings are set in Kfar Yehoshua in the Jezreel Valley, a village his family helped to…

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Portrait painting of seated woman wearing gold jewelry, large hat brimmed with feather, and holding a handkerchief and small portrait of two individuals in her lap.

Portrait of Cecilie Freiin von Eskeles

Cecilie Freiin von Eskeles (1760–1836) was noted for her salon, which attracted leading musical, literary, and intellectual figures. Daughter of the court Jew Daniel Itzig, she brought the Berlin…

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New Jewish Artists in the Holy Land

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