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This tapestry depicts a Lion, In Hebrew Mazel Aryeh (the Zodiac symbol Leo,) all handmade. woven and stitched. Kopel Gurwin (Hebrew: קופל גורבין‎) (1923–1990) was an Israeli tapest...

Bake Sale: Ice Cream (2023), tufted art, textile, fiber, yarn, soft sculpture, pink, teal, wall or tabletop rug "Bake Sale: Ice Cream" by SarahGrace is a hand tufted wall...

CJ Hendry Flower Market 2.0 ALL 27 FLOWERS Limited Edition NYC Pop Up Materials Polyester Size 17 × 7 × 5 in 43.2 × 17.8 × 12.7 cm Rarity Unknown edition Medium Sculpture Condit...

This depicts KIng David reciting Psalms, Hallelujah in Hebrew Kopel Gurwin (Hebrew: קופל גורבין‎) (1923–1990) was an Israeli tapestry wall hanging, painter and graphic artist. Kopel (Kopke') Gurwin (Gurwitz) was born and raised in Vilna, the capital of Lithuania. He spoke Yiddish at home, but simultaneously studied Hebrew at their school which was part of the Tarbut educational network. Kopel was active in the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. In the 1930s, as a teenager, Kopel helped his parents with the home finances by working in a suit workshop, there he first encountered the art of sewing. With the outbreak of the Second World War and the German invasion of Vilna, the Jews were imprisoned in camps and ghettos. Kopel and his brother Moshe were separated from their parents and were put to work in coal mines and peat. Kopel's parents were taken to the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp where they died of typhus within a month of each other. Kopel's 12-year-old sister Chava was turned over to the Germans by a Polish family and murdered. The brothers were arrested by the Germans, but were saved thanks to the connections of Nina Gerstein, Kopel's drama teacher. They hid in an attic until they were discovered, fled and moved to Riga, where they were caught and sent to the Stutthof concentration camp where they were imprisoned until the end of the war. They were put to work maintaining and cleaning trains and took part in one of the death marches. In July 1946, Kopel and Moshe sailed to Helsingborg, Sweden, as part of operation "Folke Bernadotte", in which Sweden took in ill survivors for rehabilitation. Once he recovered, Kopel worked in a publishing house and later was appointed director of the local branch of the Halutz movement. In 1950 Kopel and Moshe made aliyah to Israel. Kopel worked as a survey for the Survey of Israel Company. In 1951, he enlisted to the Communication Corps and served as a military draftsman. There he won first prize for the design of the front cover of the Communication Corps bulletin. With his discharge from the army at 29 he started studying drawing and graphics at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Among his teachers were Isidor Ascheim, Shlomo Vitkin, Yossi Stern and Jacob Steinhardt. At the end of his first year of study, Kopel won the Reuben and Sarah Lif Excellence Award in written studies. During his studies he also won additional prizes: In 1956 he won first prize from the Lethem Foundation in California for poster design. Later the same year, Kopel won the Hermann Struck prize for his drawing on the theme of Jerusalem. In 1957 he won an additional first prize from the Lethem Foundation and second place from the printing company Ortzel for a drawing for a Jewish New Year greeting card. In 1958 he won first prize in a competition to design a poster for Tel Aviv's jubilee. Two years later he won three other awards: First and third prize for designing a poster for Israel Independence Day, celebrating 12 years of the State of Israel. Also that year Kopel won first prize for a poster to mark the 25th Zionist Congress. In 1964 he entered the Independence Day poster competition on the theme of aliyah and won first and second prize. Four years later he again entered the competition on the theme of 20 years of Israel's independence and won first prize. The poster was styled like a Holy Ark curtain with two lions and a menorah at its centre. This poster appeared on the cover of the famous book Jewish Art and Civilization, edited by Geoffrey Wigoder as well as the record Voices of 20 Years, 1948-1968, edited by Yossi Godard. In April 1971 he won first prize in the Independence Day poster competition for the fourth time. Kopel's Folk Art tapestry won the Israeli Independence Day Poster Contest in 1968 With the completion of his studies at Bezalel Kopel moved to Tel Aviv and was hired by Shmuel Grundman's graphics and design studio. Grundman took him to Europe with him to design and supervise the construction of Israeli exhibition pavilions. During his time at Grundman's he discovered the fibrous felt from which he produced most of his wall hangings. At the 1964 Levant Fair exhibition he used felt stuck onto wooden panels for the first time. The first felt wall hanging that Kopel produced was intended for the American Cultural Centre in Jerusalem and its theme was the United States Declaration of Independence. The wall hanging, which measured 2.85 X 1.85 meters, was stuck on a wooden panel. Kopel ordered rolls of felt from France and began work on wall hangings based on bible stories. He used a needle, hand sewing small even stitches with black embroidery thread which framed and highlighted every detail in the work, as well as using appliqué. The interior designer, Alufa Koljer-Elem, introduced him to Ruth Dayan who managed the shop Maskit in September 1967 he opened his first solo exhibition at the Maskit 6 gallery, in which 12 wall hangings were displayed. In light of the exhibition at Maskit 6, Meira Gera, the director of artistic activity at the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, organized an additional exhibition of his works at the foundation's exhibition hall in New York City. The exhibition sparked immense press interest, and was also displayed for a few months at the New York Jewish Museum, from where it travelled throughout the United States. Followed by the exhibition at the Delson-Richter gallery in Old Jaffa, which was later also exhibited at the Jerusalem Theatre. Kopel's tapestry "The Time for Singing has Arrived" was printed on a UNICEF greeting card in 1978 and again in 1981. The Israeli Philatelic Service issued three stamps based on three of Kopel's holy ark curtains and one stamp based on an Independence Day poster he designed. Kopel's creations decorate a large number of synagogues, public buildings, hotels and private collections which were purchased in Israel and around the world. They have decorated, among others, the walls of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, the VIP room at Ben Gurion Airport, the Kfar Saba theatre and the Plaza Hotel in Tel Aviv. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now artists like Israel Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin had naive periods. The most well know of the strict naive artists are Shalom of Safed, David Sharir, Irene Awret, Gabriel Cohen, Natan Heber, Michael Falk and Kopel Gurwin. Exhibitions: 1995 The Knesset Jerusalem 1988 Temple Beth Shalom Miami, Florida 1988 University of Jewish Studies Los Angeles 1987 Israel Congregation on the Northern Coast Chicago 1985 Jerusalem Theatre Jerusalem 1984 Tenafly New Jersey 1983 Horace Richter Gallery Old Jaffa 1974 Jerusalem Theatre Jerusalem 1974 Delson Richter Gallery Old Jaffa 1972 University of Jewish Studies Miami, Florida 1971 Jewish Museum New York 1970 Norman Gallery Canada 1970 Sharei Tzedek Congregation Winnipeg, Canada 1970 Gallery of the Year Los Angeles 1970 Gallery of the Year Scottsdale 1969 Gleeman Gallery Chicago 1969 Israel Congregation of the Northern Coast Chicago 1967 Maskit 6 Tel Aviv Prizes: 1971 First Independence Day poster 1971, 23 yeaes of the State of Israel 1969 Second International Tel Aviv poster...

It is signed in a stitch Omaggio a Depero, Ivana, 2000 Fortunato Depero (1892 – 1960) was an Italian futurist artist and painter, writer, sculptor and graphic designer who worked in...

Antique sailors valentine from the West Indies in an unusual anchor form, hand decorated in exotic seashells and featuring pincushions, giving function to form.

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, When Clouds Meet the Dawn, 2024 Dry wool needle felting 48 x 120 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding th...

Gary Goldberg Birthing Mother, 2023 Dry wool needle felting 48 x 32 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Mesa Prieta Petroglyphs (in New Mexico) series has be...

This depicts King David playing the harp, along with a verse in Hebrew from the Psalms. all made by hand. woven and stitched. Vintage, original piece. Kopel Gurwin (Hebrew: קופל גור...

Beautiful impressionist landscape. Needle and wet felting, obviously by a talented Spanish artist. Inscribed on reverse- Spain February 28th, 1968. Framed under glass. 12.5" x 14.25"...

It is signed in a stitch Omaggio a Depero, Ivana, 2000 Fortunato Depero (1892 – 1960) was an Italian futurist artist and painter, writer, sculptor and graphic designer who worked in...

This depicts a Crab, In Hebrew Mazel Sartan (the Zodiac symbol Cancer, June-July) all made by hand. woven and stitched. Kopel Gurwin (Hebrew: קופל גורבין‎) (1923–1990) was an Isra...

Original Sam Sidney felt collage depicting an Italian Cookie Platter. The felt collage is mounted on acid free board, within white-painted shadow box frame...

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Night Sky, 2018 Dry wool needle felting 48 x 32 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Universe in Oax...

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, And Then the Rain Came, 2023 Dry wool needle felting 72 x 48 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Un...

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Sunset, 2018 Dry wool needle felting 48 x 32 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Universe in Oaxaca...

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Lightning, 2018 Dry wool needle felting 48 x 32 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Universe in Oax...

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Pink Wave, 2018 Dry wool needle felting 48 x 120 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Universe in Oa...

Panel Sz: 22"H x 14"W Frame Sz: 28 3/4"H x 20 3/4"W Mounted on burgundy felt

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Blue Horizon, 2018 Dry wool needle felting 48 x 120 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Universe i...

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Yellow, Orange Pole, 2023 Dry wool needle felting 72 x 48 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Unive...

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Sunset, 2019 Textile, wool felting 48 x 32 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Universe in Oaxaca s...

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Red Band in the Universe, 2023 Dry wool needle felting 72 x 48 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the ...

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Pink on Pink, 2022 Dry wool needle felting 72 x 48 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Universe in ...

Original Sam Sidney felt collage depicting a NYC Pretzel. The felt collage is mounted on acid free board, within white-painted shadow box frame. Signed & D...

Original Sam Sidney felt collage depicting a NYC street cart Gyro. The felt collage is mounted on acid free board, within white-painted shadow box frame. S...

Original Sam Sidney felt collage depicting Notorious B.I.G. The felt collage is mounted on acid free board, within white-painted shadow box frame. Signed &...

Original Sam Sidney felt collage depicting Fran Lebowitz. The felt collage is mounted on acid free board, within white-painted shadow box frame. Signed ...

Original Sam Sidney felt collage depicting Keith Haring. The felt collage is mounted on acid free board, within white-painted shadow box frame. Signed & Da...

JENNY DAY earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the U...

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Gray Arch, 2018 Dry wool needle felting 48 x 32 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Universe in Oax...

Gary Goldberg Animal Figure, 2023 Dry wool needle felting 32 x 48 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Mesa Prieta Petroglyphs (in New Mexico) series has been...

Original Sam Sidney felt collage depicting Andy Warhol. The felt collage is mounted on acid free board, within white-painted shadow box frame. Signed & Dat...

Original Sam Sidney felt collage depicting Billie Holiday. The felt collage is mounted on acid free board, within white-painted shadow box frame. Signe...