Jacob Steinhardt

Rabbi's Communion With God

c.1960

Artist: Jakob Steinhardt (German/Israeli, 1887-1968) Title: Rabbis Singing Year: Circa 1960 Medium: Color woodcut Paper: Wove Image size (Block mark): 9.60 x 14 inches Sheet size...

This artwork "The Reading of the Torah" c.1970 is an original etching by noted American artist Charles Bragg, 1931-2017. It is hand signed and numbered XV/XXXV in pencil by the artis...

This artwork titled "Kabalat Shabbat" c.1990 is an original color serigraph by Israeli artist Zamy Steynovitz, 1951-200. It is hand signed and numbered 170/300 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 27.5 x 19.5 inches, framed size is 43.5 x 34 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color bevel and black fabric matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Zamy Steynovitz was born in Liegnitz, Poland in 1951 and at a very early age he aspired to be a painter. He won first prize in an art competition for children before immigrating to Israel in 1957. Formally educated at the Art School in Tel-Aviv and the Royal Academy in London, he completed his studies and began artistic pursuits in earnest. Zamy established his place in the art world after displaying his work in one-man exhibitions around the world. His art subjects has been strongly influenced by Jewish tradition and folklore. Additionally, his work presents general themes such as Paris cafes, still lives, flowers, circuses and landscapes. In the early stages of his work, he used rich pastels and light brush strokes. When he visited South America in the early 1980’s, his work reflected his new surroundings and were further enhanced by local brightness and colorfulness. His paintings are a reflection of his Eastern-European Jewish heritage, and they are enhanced by a rich choice of warm tones and colors He became known in the circles of the Nobel Institute for Peace in Norway, and consequently was acquainted with many Nobel prize winners, such as Anwar Sadat, Menahem Begin, the Dalai Lama, Itzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Elie Wiesel, Desmond Tutu, Oscar Arias Sanchez, as well as many of the world’s greatest leaders and artists. He tragically passed away in September of 2000. The work of Zamy Steynovitz is held in numerous collections worldwide. Selected exhibitions 1970 – Museum – Ramat – Gan 1973 – Brussels – gallery L’Angle Aigu 1974 – London – International Gallery 1974 – Paris – Grand Palais Gallery 1975 – Milan – Brera Gallery 1976 – N.Y. Valentino Gallery – N.Y. Hilton 1977 – N.Y. Valentino Gallery – N.Y. Hilton 1978 – Basel - Aactual Gallery 1978 – Geneva – Bohren Gallery 1978 – Oslo – Nobel Peace Prize Exhibit 1979 – London – Hamilton Gallery 1979 – N.Y. – Canty Art Gallery 1979 – Amsterdam – Schipper Gallery 1979 – Washington – International Art Fair 1980 – Cleveland – Jewish Museum 1980 – Tel-Aviv – Habima National Art Fair 1981 – Abraham – Goodman House N.Y. 1981 – San Lucas Gallery – Bogotá 1981 – Petach-Tikva – Israel – Shelanu Gallery 1982 – Pedro Gerson Gallery – Mexico City 1983 – Simon Bolivar...

Artist: Teo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012) Title: "The Songs of Songs of King Solomons" Year: 1975 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered LVII/C in pencil Paper: Jap...

In this painting, Nussbaum depicts a Rabbi as his subject; a recurrent figure in his body of work. The artist uses gestural marks and vibrant blue colors in this composition. Nussba...

"The Rabbi and the Torah" unframed lithograph on fine art paper by artist Chaim Gross from a limited edition of 250. Hand signed Chaim Gross and hand numbered 63/250. Image size: 21...

Boris deutsch was born in krasnagorka lithuania june 4 1892 died in los angeles 1978.Entered the polytechnic school in riga 1905.School of applied arts berlin 1912. Settled in l.A. 1...

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...