Yitzchak Roman

Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah in the Furnace of Fire, Prayer, Oil Painting

Yitzchak Roman, Israeli Folk Artist Painting and sculpture, born in Safed, 1913, known for his naive depictions of Jewish life and biblical scenes...

A contorted Rabbi looking upward is depicted in a naive, and almost child-like manner. Vibrant colors, and gestural brushstrokes fill the composition, enhancing the flatness of the figure. Harry Sternberg, artist, teacher, and political activist was born in New York City's lower east side in 1904. He was the youngest of eight children born to his mother, a hungarian immigrant, and his father, an immigrant from Russia, . His passion for art came early; by age 12 he had begun saturday art classes at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Sternberg continued to advance his formal art education through 1922, studying at at New York's prestigious Arts Students League alongside Raphael Soyer, Yasuo Kuniyoshi and other notables of the day. His career as a professional artist began in 1928 when he consigned a group of his early prints with the dealer Frederick Keppel in New York. In 1933 he returned to the Art Students League of New York as an instructor, where he taught etching, lithography and composition, continuing to teach there for over 34 years. During the Great Depression he was a WPA artist, and his murals are in post offices in Chicago, Chester and Sellersville, Pennsylvania. Sternberg came to national prominence as a printmaker, painter, and muralist, in the Depression era and during World War II. Sternberg was an acclaimed member of a vital generation of American artists dedicated to exposing social injustices and offering support for an egalitarian society. His interest in the plight of American workers...

Paul Shimon (American, 1919-2011), "The Three Hebrew Lads Going into the Furnace", Gouache on Paper, 1948, depicting a scene from the Book of Daniel, signed and dated lower right, ti...

Embossed lithograph with foil stamping on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 300. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity in...