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In the Ma‘abarah
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Ruth Schloss’s artworks were infused with her commitment to social justice and egalitarianism. This painting of a ma‘abarah (refugee absorption camp), made at a time when the new State of Israel was…

Contributor:

Ruth Schloss

Places:

Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

1953

Subjects:

Painting, Migration, Refugees, Class, Social realism

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Abstract painting of camp with many tents and a luminous rectangular area in middle featuring three figures including a mother and child and a clothesline between the tents.
Refugees
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Refugees is very different in style from Josef Herman’s later work. In 1948, the artist disowned his earlier paintings (which he felt were too derivative of Chagall’s paintings) and destroyed most of…

Contributor:

Josef Herman

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Date:

1936–1946

Subjects:

Painting, Labor, Class, Refugees, Family

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Painting of fearful father, mother, and two children in the foreground outside of city buildings, and large cat with a rat in its mouth on top of the buildings in the background.