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Shahn frequently based his paintings on his own photographs. East Side Soap Box is based on a photo of Jewish workers protesting in Madison Square Park in Manhattan. The Yiddish sign reads: “Nature…
Maurice Ascalon, sometimes called the father of modern Israeli decorative arts, was commissioned to create this sculpture for the façade of the Palestine Pavilion of the 1939 New York World’s Fair…
In the 1930s, Lotte Errell and her husband, also a photographer, traveled the world, visiting countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The outbreak of war in 1939 found the now divorced and…
The inscription “your brother,” written on the inside of this bowl from Beth Shemesh, may indicate that the bowl was designated for receiving or collecting offerings (perhaps of food) for the poor…
This painting dates to the early years of Walkowitz’s career, when he frequently painted New York cityscapes. Walkowitz’s cubist style was well suited to capturing the skyscrapers, elevated trains…
Lubin was a member of what is known as the Land of Israel movement, a group of artists who, in the 1920s, drew on the ideas and practices of post-impressionism to create a new modern art of Jewish…
Rothenstein was one of the best-known and most prolific British portraitists of the first half of the twentieth century. His style confounds easy characterization. He considered himself both a…
Tagger was a member of what is known as the Land of Israel movement, a group of artists who, in the 1920s, broke with the conventions of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. They drew on the ideas…
The Hebrew sign in this photograph, from the 1927 municipal election in Tel Aviv in 1927, urges: “Vote gimel” (the Hebrew letter on the ballot representing a particular party or slate of candidates)…
Menahem Shemi was a member of the Land of Israel movement, a group of artists who, in the 1920s, broke with the conventions of the Bezalel School to create a modern art of Jewish revival. In The…
