Lennart Rosensohn

Modernist Judaica Art Aquatint Etching Jewish Rabbi at Prayer Jerusalem Memories

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 im...

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...

In this copper plate etching, Cahan captures the religious ardor and penitent sentiment shared by the figures in the artwork. The piece is number seventy-six in a series of one-hundred etchings entitled Atonement. Cahan’s heavy use of line, as well as, his ability to convey emotion give the viewer a sensitive but harmonized rendering of Jewish prayer. Dimensions w/Frame: 17 1/2" x 15" The well-known twentieth century American illustrator, etcher, and painter Samuel George Cahan was born in Kovno, Russia, now part of Lithuania. His parents were both born in Russia during the early 1870’s. Two years after his birth, his family emigrated to America and eventually settled in New York City's Lower East Side. Cahan said that his interest for drawing started when he was only an infant. In a 1967 interview, the artist describes his primary school years as vastly disinteresting. While other students heeded their teachers or studied math, Cahan drew. At 12-years-old, Cahan exhibited his early talent for drawing on Fulton Street’s sidewalk. Barefoot and armed with chalk, he crouched outside a restaurant and drew the sinking of Maine. At the time, it was recognizable ship that was smashed by the British. One of the men who passed by his vibrant rendering of the wreckage was the Chief Editor of the New York World newspaper, Nelson Hersh. Upon seeing the young boy’s skill, Hersh offered him a job in the newspaper’s art...

Theo Tobiasse Suite: Shavuot Festival Year: 1984 Medium: Original carborundum embossed etching lithograph in colors on Arches paper (deckle edged paper) Signature: Hand signed by the artist Publisher Nahan Gallery, New Orleans Theo Tobiasse, born Tobias Eidesas, 1927 in Jaffa then in British Mandate Palestine, died 2012 in Cagnes-sur-Mer in France. Well known painter, engraver, draftsman and sculptor. French Jewish artist. The youngest son of Chaim (Charles) Eidesas and Brocha (Berthe) Slonimsky from Kaunas, Lithuania, Théo Tobiasse was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1927, where his Jewish parents lived since 1925, far from the threat of pogroms and upheavals of East European policies. The family encountered material difficulties and decided to return to Lithuania, ultimately leaving for Paris in 1931 where his father typographer finds work in a Russian printing press. Theodore Tobiasse...

Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Challah, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 45/120, Size: 10 x 11.75 in. (25.4 ...

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...

Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Reading the Torah, Medium: Hand Colored Etching, signed and numbered, Edition: 5/120, Size: 11 x 13.5 in. (27.94 x 34.29 cm), Frame S...

Signed lower right, 'M. Watorski' for Mieczyslaw Watorski (Polish, 1903 - 1979) and painted circa 1950. This Polish history and landscape painter is particularly revered for his doc...