While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared.
Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.
Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.
Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.
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Upward-Gazing Polished Bronze Miniature Figurative Head Sculpture
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Upward-gazing miniature figurative head sculpture in polished bronze with dark oxidation, individually cast and hand-finished by Spanish artist Óscar Aldonza Torres. Originally titl...
Bronze
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Expressive Ceramic Sculpture of Crouching Human Figure, Glazed Refractory Clay
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Expressive figurative ceramic sculpture depicting a crouching human figure absorbed in its own inner world. Hand-modelled in glazed refractory clay, Fuxido I (2026) belongs to Óscar ...
Clay
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Inverted Polished Bronze Pocket-Sized Expressionist Figurative Head Sculpture
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Inverted pocket-sized figurative head sculpture in polished bronze with dark oxidised details, individually cast, sanded and hand-finished by Spanish artist Óscar Aldonza Torres. Or...
Bronze
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Dark Grey Ceramic Head with Deep-Set Gaze, Textured Glazed Figurative Sculpture
Located in FISTERRA, ES
A dark grey ceramic head with a deep, steady gaze and a weathered metal-like surface explores the expressive possibilities of the human face. Created by Spanish artist Óscar Aldonza...
Clay, Glaze
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Archaic Dark Patinated Bronze Pocket Head Sculpture with Golden Highlights
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Archaic-looking pocket head sculpture in dark patinated bronze with selectively polished golden highlights, individually cast and hand-finished by Spanish artist Óscar Aldonza Torres...
Bronze
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Fragmented Human Head with Verdigris Patina Lost-Wax Bronze Original Sculpture
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This fragmented bronze head sculpture combines realist facial modelling with open cavities, irregular edges and a richly layered green and blue verdigris patina. Created by Spanish ...
Bronze
Rare Aharon Bezalel Israeli Gilt Modernist Bronze Sculpture Suite
Located in Surfside, FL
The width dimensions are variable. the tallest height is 11.5 inches. Family group. A suite of three bronze sculptures. Aharon Bezalel (born Afghanistan 1926) Born in Afghanistan in...
Bronze
The Stone Carrier: rare German Expressionist Bronze Sculpture
Located in Norwich, GB
A rare bronze by the German sculptor Walter Scheufen, who died during the First World War in the Flanders fields when only in his mid 30s. Depicting a stone carrier straining beneath...
Bronze
Martenita Tribute to Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Martenita Omaggio To Picasso, Signed, artist logo stamp, and title. Walter Furlan was born (1931-2018) in Chioggia, a small town near Venice. He started to work in a furnace calle...
Glass, Blown Glass
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Split Head Expressionist Wood Bust Sculpture Reclaimed Carved Portrait Artwork
By Joan Priego
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Carved reclaimed wood bust sculpture exploring fractured identity, memory and the symbolic wound through expressive figurative portraiture. The Wound That Precedes Me (La Herida Que...
Wood, Acrylic, Pigment
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Textured Ceramic Head Sculpture, Stone-Like Refractory Clay Indoor and Outdoor
Located in FISTERRA, ES
A monumental expressionist ceramic head sculpture where clay takes on the appearance of weathered stone, blurring the boundaries between portrait, geology and landscape. Created in h...
Clay, Glaze
Village of Iseh, Bali (1948)
By Theo Meier
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Theo Meier (1908-1982) View of the Village of Iseh, painted from the house of Theo Signed and dated 48 Theo Meier lower left Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 50 cm In original frame carved by the artist. Note: Theo Meier arrived in Bali in 1936 with the intention of going on to Tahiti where he had been before. However Bali turned out to be the paradise he had been searching for in his dreams and he had no desire any more to move elsewhere. Bali at that time was still a very traditional place where society lived according to an acient religious system and in a luscious tropical setting the modern world was ignored. Here he met Walter Spies...
Canvas, Rosewood, Oil
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Organic Figurative Wood Sculpture in Reclaimed Vine and Pine “Grop”
By Joan Priego
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Figurative Reclaimed Wood Sculpture in Vine and Pine “Grop” is a unique hand-carved sculpture by Spanish artist Joan Priego. Created from reclaimed vine wood and pine, the work trans...
Wood
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Expressive Male Head on Moving Spring, Carved and Polychromed Wood Sculpture
By Joan Priego
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This expressive carved wood sculpture presents a polychromed male head mounted on a visible steel spring, allowing the portrait to move and gently oscillate. Created by Spanish arti...
Wood, Pigment, Wax, Oil
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Reclining Ceramic Head Expresionist Sculpture in Glazed Experimental Ash Clay
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This reclining ceramic head sculpture is formed from experimental clay enriched with recycled ash and gas-kiln glazed to create a layered, mineral-toned surface. Created by Spanish ...
Clay
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Caged Woman 2, Contemporary Verdigris Bronze Figure Suspended in Rusted Iron Orb
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Verdigris bronze figure suspended within a sculptural rusted iron orb offers a poetic meditation on confinement and transcendence. Caged Woman 2 (Ø 32 cm) by Aldonza features a slend...
Bronze, Iron
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Translucent Alabaster Head Sculpture with Expressive Natural Veins. Light
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Translucent alabaster head sculpture with expressive natural veins, carved in direct carving for a unique interplay of light, stone and human form. This unique alabaster head sculpt...
Alabaster
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Yoga Figure in Tree Pose, Hand-Carved Cypress Wood Sculpture, Original
By Joan Priego
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This hand-carved cypress wood sculpture depicts a yoga instructor balancing in an unstable tree pose, combining figurative carving, expressive distortion and psychological tension. ...
Wood
Liberty vs Slavery Van Loen Bronze Abstract Chess Set Modernist Museum Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Alfred Van Loen signed 32 piece chess set. In heavy solid bronze. Rare Chess Game: Liberty versus Slavery Dimensions: a) Joy-Tenderness H. 6 3/16 in. a...
Bronze
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Architectural Ceramic Head Sculpture with Forged Iron Framework for Outdoor
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Expressionist ceramic head sculpture suspended within an open forged iron framework, combining portraiture, architecture, and material experimentation in a unique contemporary artwor...
Iron
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Ceramic Head Sculpture in Forged Iron Cage Expressionist Figurative Artwork
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Expressionist ceramic head sculpture enclosed within a forged iron structure, exploring containment, vulnerability, and the relationship between the human figure and architectural sp...
Iron
$1,800
Rare Welded Menorah Judaica Jewish Brutalist Candelabra Sculpture Chaim Hendin
By Chaim Hendin
Located in Surfside, FL
In this Menorah Chaim Hendin takes a personal approach, and turns it into a more anatomical, almost pelvic, looking piece of artwork. The sculpture is rich in texture and the candle ...
Marble, Bronze
Carved Wood German Expressionist Sculpture Jewish Woman Refugee Artist Judaica
By Miriam Sommerburg
Located in Surfside, FL
Miriam Sommerburg (American female artist, born Germany, Hamburg, 1900–1980 New York) Modernist Wood Carved Sculpture, Carving depictin...
Wood
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Carved Pine Wood Double Figure Sculpture Exploring Duality Mirror Self and Human
By Joan Priego
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Carved pine wood double figure sculpture depicting two intertwined human forms joined through a single continuous gesture. The Other Self is a unique hand-carved sculpture in which ...
Wood, Acrylic, Pigment
$3,140Sale Price|20% Off
Large Carved Wood Standing Figure Sculpture with Geometric Assemblage and Totem
By Joan Priego
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Large carved wood standing figure sculpture assembled from geometric timber elements and expressive hand-carved forms. The Walker transforms the human body into an architectural con...
Wood, Acrylic, Pigment
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Caged Woman 3 – Verdigris Bronze Torso in Rusted Iron Globe, Lost-Wax and Forged
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Patinated bronze torso suspended within a rusted iron globe evokes ancient Venus iconography and contemporary themes of constraint and resilience. Caged Woman 3 (Ø 32 cm) by Aldonza ...
Bronze, Iron
Pop Art Bronze Sculpture Paul Suttman Bottles for Marcel Duchamp Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Suttman (American, 1933 - 1993) Bottles for Duchamp Bronze Dimensions: 23.25 h x 13.5 w x 10 d in (59 x 34 x 24 cm) Impressed signature (initials and numbered to base 'PS V. II ...
Bronze
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The Mystical Supper
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
Steel, Stainless Steel
$450
H 10.63 in W 3.94 in D 1.58 in
Glossy ceramic popsicle sculpture in a range of colors
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Glossy ceramic popsicle sculpture handmade for wall installation. Available at Variant colorful glaze. Harmony and grandeur characterize the work of Reli Smith and Osnat Yaffe Zimmerman...
Ceramic, Glaze
$2,000
H 9.06 in W 3.15 in D 9.85 in
The Stone Carrier: rare German Expressionist Bronze Sculpture
Located in Norwich, GB
A rare bronze by the German sculptor Walter Scheufen, who died during the First World War in the Flanders fields when only in his mid 30s. Depicting a stone carrier straining beneath...
Bronze
$4,200
H 75 in W 14 in D 10 in
Fish Ceramic Totem - Tall Sculpture for Garden and Indoor by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA. Please note: The base is not included. We will guide you through a simple installation process for outdoor or indo...
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
$5,000
H 48 in W 12 in D 7 in
"Love Never Dies" by Paul Medina; Clay, Steel, Copper Sculpture, 48" x 12", 2026
By Paul Medina
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 48" x 12" x 7" mixed media sculpture by Oklahoma-based artist Paul Medina consists of clay, steel, and copper, threaded together with nylon cord. The work utilizes elements of b...
Copper, Steel
$7,680
H 18 in W 9 in D 9 in
Walter Midener "Contemplation" Seated Figure Clay Sculpture Mid-Century Modern
Located in Detroit, MI
“Contemplation” is an abstract clay sculpture of a female. The figure has both arms and legs extended, but the dignified pose suggests an intimate rather than a sexual moment. The sculpture is delicately rendered, but monumental in pose and clean composition reminiscent of the English artist Henry Moore. The surface is warm and slightly rough to the touch. This sculpture is in the round and beautifully balanced geometrically with the hands clasped behind the head forming a slightly flattened polygon shape that is echoed in the positioning of the legs and draped fabric of a presumed dress. The figure draws the viewer into her contemplation, peace and confidence. An exceptional piece by Midener. Walter Midener...
Clay
$500Sale Price|50% Off
H 6.7 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
face sculpture original clay head vessel vase light blue rustic hand made pot
Located in COOMERA, QLD
'Baby Blue' wabi sabi beauty in imperfection, appreciate simplicity, handmade unique sculpture. Elevate your space with this extraordinary exquisitely sculpted clay face and head vase creation that promises to captivate and inspire. Transform your home decor with this elegant clay vessel radiating calm minimalism in light baby blue ceramic...
Clay, Glaze
$4,200
H 15.5 in W 11 in D 12 in
Tall Weathered Bronze Ceramic Abstract Cubist Brutalist Sculpture -JUDY ENGEL
By Judy Engel
Located in Hudson, NY
Hand built heavily glazed solid ceramic structure by NY artist Judy Engel. Heavy in weight. Titled: ENLIGHTENMENT Solid slabs create this cubist style sculpture that Engel is recogn...
Ceramic, Glaze
$3,500
H 26 in W 18 in D 18 in
"The Wall" (2000) By Dwight Davidson, Original Stoneware Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
"The Wall" by Dwight Davidson is an original, handmade glazed stoneware sculpture that depicts a herd of cows attempting to pile up and climb over a brick wall.
Stoneware, Glaze
$8,401
H 23.23 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Facile- 21st Century, Contemporary Italian Bronze Sculpture of a woman
By Eva Steiner
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Facile 59 x 30 x 30 cm bronze Facile is a bronze sculpture by Italian contemporary artist Eva Steiner. In her work she focuses on the gracefulness of women. Her sculptures of bronz...
Bronze
$500Sale Price|50% Off
H 7.09 in W 5.52 in D 6.3 in
head sculpture clay portrait vessel vase cream glazed rustic handmade original
Located in COOMERA, QLD
'Mister' wabi sabi beauty in imperfection, appreciate simplicity, handmade unique sculpture. Elevate your space with this extraordinary exquisitely sculpted clay face and head vase ...
Clay, Glaze
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H 5.52 in W 7.09 in D 8.27 in
head sculpture clay face vessel vase gold glazed rustic handmade original
Located in COOMERA, QLD
'Uncle' wabi sabi beauty in imperfection, appreciate simplicity, handmade unique sculpture. Elevate your space with this extraordinary exquisitely sculpted clay face and head vase c...
Clay, Glaze
$500Sale Price|50% Off
H 8.67 in W 5.52 in D 5.52 in
head sculpture clay face vessel vase cobalt blue glazed rustic handmade original
Located in COOMERA, QLD
'The Cheif' wabi sabi beauty in imperfection, appreciate simplicity, handmade unique sculpture. Elevate your space with this extraordinary exquisitely sculpted clay face and head va...
Clay, Glaze
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H 15.75 in W 9.45 in D 10.24 in
Expressionist Ceramic Head Sculpture in Experimental Ash Clay, Pit-Fired
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This expressionist ceramic head sculpture is made from experimental clay enriched with recycled ash and pit-fired to produce an intensely textured, smoke-darkened surface. Created b...
Clay
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H 1.58 in W 1.38 in D 1.38 in
Miniature Turquoise Patinated Bronze Figurative Head Sculpture
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Miniature turquoise patinated bronze head sculpture, individually cast, oxidised, polished and hand-finished by Spanish artist Óscar Aldonza Torres. Originally titled Mini Testa No....
Bronze
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H 1.97 in W 1.38 in D 1.58 in
Pocket-Sized Bronze Amulet Head Sculpture with Verdigris Patina
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Pocket-sized bronze head sculpture with a partially obscured face, verdigris patina and polished highlights, individually cast and hand-finished by Spanish artist Óscar Aldonza Torre...
Bronze
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H 21.66 in W 11.03 in D 6.7 in
Expressionist Bronze Figure Sculpture Diptych Human Presence and Imagination
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Expressionist bronze sculpture diptych bringing together two unique figurative works by Óscar Aldonza Torres: Containing the Rage and Cloud Woman. Together, these sculptures explore ...
Bronze
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H 13.78 in W 7.88 in D 11.03 in
Expressionist Bronze Sculpture with Paper Model Female Figures Beginning to Fly
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Expressionist bronze sculpture using a direct paper model technique, this work presents a group of female figures beginning to fly. Óscar Aldonza creates each figure from crushed and...
Bronze
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H 14.57 in W 5.52 in D 4.73 in
Expressionist Bronze Sculpture in Lost Wax with Paper Model Technique, Prophet
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Expressionist bronze sculpture in lost wax casting based on a direct paper model. False Prophet is a hybrid figurative work in which Óscar Aldonza experiments with an unconventional ...
Bronze
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H 21.66 in W 11.03 in D 6.7 in
Containing the Rage Figurative Bronze Sculpture Lost Wax Human Figure
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Figurative bronze sculpture depicting an elongated human figure, created through traditional lost wax casting and exploring themes of inner tension, vulnerability and emotional restr...
Bronze
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H 11.82 in W 7.09 in D 9.85 in
Charred Fir Head II. Yakisugi Burnt-Wood Sculpture, Pyrolyzed Wooden Bust
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Charred Fir Head II continues Óscar Aldonza’s “Tizóns” series, marrying direct carving with the Japanese Yakisugi technique to explore themes of transformation, endurance, and the pa...
Wood
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H 9.06 in W 5.91 in D 7.88 in
Charred Olive Head I Yakisugi Burnt-Wood Bust Sculpture, Contemporary Conceptual
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Charred olive head sculpture combines direct carving and traditional Japanese Yakisugi burning to evoke visceral themes of decay, renewal, and resilience. Tizón (18 × 22 × 20 cm) by ...
Wood
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H 12.6 in Dm 12.6 in
Bronze Venus Figure in Iron Cage. Lost-Wax Bronze and Forged Iron Sculpture
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Caged Woman 1 (Ø 32 cm) by Aldonza is the inaugural work in the “Caged Women” series, reimagining Paleolithic Venus figures within a modern context of constraint and hope. This sculp...
Bronze, Iron
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H 33.5 in W 27.5 in
Large Heavy Israeli Bronze Abstract Jerusalem Sculpture Moshe Castel Judaica Art
By Moshe Castel
Located in Surfside, FL
Moshe Castel (Israeli, 1909-1991) - The Three Angels, Guardians of the Wall, Bronze Relief Plaque. 71/100, Signed Mounted on burgundy velvet fabric, Dimensions: 20 1/4 x 15 inch...
Bronze
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H 11.5 in W 18 in
Rare Aharon Bezalel Israeli Gilt Modernist Bronze Sculpture Suite
Located in Surfside, FL
The width dimensions are variable. the tallest height is 11.5 inches. Family group. A suite of three bronze sculptures. Aharon Bezalel (born Afghanistan 1926) Born in Afghanistan in 1926 and immigrated to Israel at an early age. As a youth was engaged as a silversmith and craftsman, and was a student of the sculptor Zev Ben-Zvi from whom he absorbed the basic concepts of classic and modernist art and interpreted, according to them, ideas based on ancient Hebrew sources. Aharon Bezalel works and resides in Jerusalem, he taught art for many years. “I saw myself as part of this region. I wanted to find the contact between my art and my surroundings. Those were the first years of Jean Piro’s excavations at the Beer-Sheba mound. They found there, for example, the Canaanite figurines that I especially liked and that were an element that connected me with the past and with this place.” “…a seed and sperm or male and female. These continue life. The singular, the individual alone, cannot exist; I learned this from my father who dabbled with the Kabbalah.” (Aharon Bezalel, excerpt from an interview with David Gerstein) “The singular in Aharon Bezalel’s work is always potentially a couple if not a threesome[…] the one is also the many: when the individual is revealed within the group he will always seek a huddling, a clinging together. The principle of modular construction is required by this perception of unity and multiplicity, as modular construction in his work is an act of conception or defense. Two poles of unity, potentially alone, exist in A. Bezalel’s world: From a formal, sculptural sense these are the sphere and pillar, metaphorically these are the female in the final stages of pregnancy and the solitary male individual. Sphere-seed-woman; Pillar-strand-man. The disproportional, small heads in A. Bezalel’s figures leave humankind in it’s primal physical capacity. The woman as a pregnancy or hips, the man as an aggressive or defensive force, the elongated chest serves as a phallus and weapon simultaneously. (Gideon Ofrat) EIN HAROD About the Museum's Holdings: Israeli art is represented by the works of Reuven Rubin, Zaritzky, Nahum Gutman, Mordechai Ardon, Aharon Kahana, Arie Lubin, Yehiel Shemi, Yosl Bergner and others. The graphic arts collection contains drawings and graphic works by Pissaro, Modigliani, Pascin, Chagall (almost all of his graphic work), and numerous other artists. The sculpture collection includes works by Jewish sculptors from all over the world including leading Israeli sculptors; Ben Zvi, Lishansky, David Palombo, Yehiel Shemi, Aharon Bezalel and Igael Tumarkin. Many Jewish sculptors from all parts of the world, beginning with Antokolski, are represented in the collection. In the sculpture courtyard there are works by Chana Orloff, Jacob Epstein (the works he bequeathed to the Museum), Glicenstein, Loutchansky, Constant and Indenbaum from Western Europe; Glid from Yugoslavia; Zorach, Gross and Harkavy from the United States; and most of the outstanding sculptors of Israel : Ben-Zvi, Lishansky, Ziffer, Lehmann, Feigin, Sternschuss, Palombo ( who executed the iron gate...
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