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Shortly before World War I, Meidner was active in a circle of Berlin artists called Die Pathetiker (The Sorrowful Ones), who were early practitioners of what later came to be known as expressionism…
Contributor:
Ludwig Meidner
Places:
Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1919
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Pages from Mark Podwal’s A Book of Hebrew Letters, an exploration of the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet through drawings and words representing each letter.
Contributor:
Mark Podwal
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1992
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The young Jewish intellectuals of Barcinski’s generation were interested in pushing boundaries, including by employing Christian imagery, as Barcinski did in this portrait of John the Baptist. The…
Contributor:
Henryk (Hanokh) Barcinski
Places:
Lodz, Second Polish Republic (Łódź, Poland)
Date:
1919
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Frenkel, whose work was shaped by the School of Paris (École de Paris), played a key role in bringing modernism to Israeli art. Among his students were prominent members of what is known as the Land…
Contributor:
Yitshak Frenkel (Alexandre Frenkel-Frenel)
Places:
Paris, France
Date:
1920
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These are marginal illustrations found in a manuscript siddur from Italy according to the Romaniote rite, with prayers focused on marriage and birth rituals and customs, as well as the pidyon ha-ben…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Parma, Duchy of Milan (Parma, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1500