Ben-Zion Weinman

Biblical Prophet Etching American Modernist WPA Artist

Hand signed in Hebrew Lower right. Dimensions: H 19.5" x 13.5" Bergner, Yosl (Vladimir Jossif) (b Vienna, 13 Oct 1920). surrealist, surrealism. belongs to the generation of people...

plate signed. Jacob Steinhardt 1887-1968 Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely Polish town of Zerkow in the Posen District of Germany. (poland/german) Immigrated 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, 1906 Studied in Berlin Arts and Crafts School. Berlin; 1907 painting with Lovis Corinth and engraving and etching with Hermann Struck; advanced studies, 1908-10 Paris, with Henri Matisse and Steinlen; 1911 Italy. Teaching: Bezalel, Jerusalem, 1953-57 Director. 1910 Participated in the “New Sezession”, Berlin. 1912 together with Ludwig Meidner and Janthur he founded the "Pathetiker" group very early in the German expressionist movement. Running afoul of the Nazis, he fled to Tel-Aviv and then Jerusalem in the early 30s, showing in “Der Sturm” Gallery. 1914 Exhibited with ludwig Meidner at first Expressionist Exhibition in Berlin. Worked mainly in woodcuts depicting biblical and other Jewish subjects. 1955-58 International awards for his woodcuts. receives graphic commissions from Fritz Gurlitt. 1922 Marries Minni Gumpert. Active in organizing Secession exhibits. 1925 Trips to Mark Brandenburg and Holy Land. Turns primarily to painting; stops work on etchings and lithographs. 1933 Emigrates to the Palestine. 1934 Moves to Jerusalem and opens an art school; attempts some etchings. 1948 Closes the art school and becomes Chairman of Graphics Department, Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts. 1954-57 Director of Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts. Taken up by J. B. Neumann who became the agent for his etchings. Exhibited Sturm Gallery, Herbst-salon. 1914 Outbreak of World War I; Steinhardt enlists in German army. 1916-18 First on Eastern Front in Poland and Lithuania, then after short training period in Berlin, sent to Macedonia. 1917 Exhibition of Lithuanian drawings at Berlin Secession in Spring. Elected member of the Secession. He often used wood-cutting techniques that were popular amongst German Expressionists. Steinhardt was driven to express ideas clearly and decisively through art. Amongst the themes found in his work the prophets of the Bible, such as Jonah, are noticeable. Steinhardt identified deeply with Jonah due to his attempt to run from God's call to duty. Additionally, the image of beggars was often found in Steinhardt's works and in his artistic presentation of the less fortunate, the artist's love for his fellow man becomes evident. Moreover, the grotesque was a theme noticeable in Steinhardt's earliest pieces. These were fantastical images; it was unclear whether or not they were human or demon. In the 1950's, Steinhardt returned to these images upon learning of the Holocaust of Europe's Jews. At that time he resided in New York and there, in the shadow of the skyscrapers, Steinhardt's reaction to WWII was expressed through his art. A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of IsraelThe Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem 1940 Artists: Shemi, Menahem Rubin...

Etching hand signed and dated in English. Titled, "Jethro, Moses father-in-law, took Zipporah, Gershon and Eliezer" Shulamit Wittenberg Miller Born 1908 in Jerusalem, attended Bezale...

Watercolor painting of standing prophet or Rabbi, Judaica artwork Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, ...

Vincent Capraro (1929 - 2016) - Prophet, Year: circa 1968, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 8 x 9.75 inches, Size: 11.25 x 13.75 in. (28....

Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. Thi...

Figures is an original lithograph realized by the Italian artist Aligi Sassu. This Artwork is depicted through strong and confident strokes in a well-balanced composition. Signed o...

Galizischer Bletter is a fine black and white etching on cream-colored paper, realized by Erich Wolfsfeld ( Krojanke, 1884 - London, 1956). From the portfolio Freunde Graphischer Kunst, Leipzig, 1915. In excellent condition, with the original cream-colored cardboard passepartout included with the drystamp of the publishing house logo "III. s" at the center on lower margin. A little rip on the lower right corner of the passepartout. This modern original print representing a street homeless begging demonstrates a great human and pictorial sensibility and surely is an artwork conceived in his Roman period when this kind of subjects was frequent. Erich Wolfsfeld (Krojanke, 1884 - London, 1956). Erich Wolfsfeld learned to etch in the studio of Hans Meyer, From 1907 worked in Rome, where he met Otto Greiner...