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The Scholar, the Laborer, and the Toiler of the Soil
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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…

Contributor:

Maurice Ascalon

Places:

Mandate Palestine (Palestine)

Date:

1939

Subjects:

Education, Labor, Aesthetics, Politics, Sculpture

Categories:

Sculpture, Decorative arts
Copper relief sculpture depicting three hooded men. The one on the left holds a scroll and has a long beard, the middle holds a hammer, and the right holds a hand plow and has a short beard.
Sculpture of Ben-Gurion
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By the time she created this statue of David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of the State of Israel, Chana Orloff had moved away from the cubist style she favored early in her career to a more…

Contributor:

Chana Orloff

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1949

Subjects:

Aesthetics, Modernism, Politics, Government, Sculpture

Categories:

Sculpture
Bust sculpture of an elderly man with central bald spot facing viewer.