$6,950
H 30 in W 26 in
English Mid century oil of a cafe or Pub interior, people seated and drinking
Located in Woodbury, CT
M. Ricket (British, mid-20th century) Café Interior Oil on canvas, signed lower right Presented in
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 12 in W 10.75 in
Pre World War II Austrian Judaica Oil Painting Hasidic Rabbi Portrait
By Rudolf Klinsbogl Klingsberg
Located in Surfside, FL
was active in Vienna and is known for his typical portraits and paintings of interiors - workshops
Oil
Sold
H 12 in W 10.75 in
Pre World War II Austrian Judaica Oil Painting Hasidic Rabbi Portrait
By Rudolf Klinsbogl Klingsberg
Located in Surfside, FL
was active in Vienna and is known for his typical portraits and paintings of interiors - workshops
Oil
Sold
H 12 in W 10.75 in
Pre World War II Austrian Judaica Oil Painting Hasidic Rabbi Portrait
By Rudolf Klinsbogl Klingsberg
Located in Surfside, FL
active in Vienna and is known for his typical portraits and paintings of interiors - workshops, pubs and
Oil
$9,750
H 40 in W 32 in D 2 in
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Canvas, Oil
$450
H 24 in W 33.25 in
Modernist Judaica Art Aquatint Etching Jewish Rabbi at Prayer Jerusalem Memories
By Lennart Rosensohn
Located in Surfside, FL
on Hahnemuhle paper, hand signed and numbered. poster is not included. These depict synagogue interiors, Rabbis at prayer etc. Judaic religious events. Mauritz Lennart Rosensohn , bo...
Etching, Aquatint
$1,960Sale Price|30% Off
H 42 in W 32.5 in
"Portrait of a Lady" - 19th-Century French Framed Antique Woman Oil Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely portrait of a turn-of-the-century elegant woman, perhaps commissioned by a devoted husband (she has a ring on her right hand, which is more common as a wedding ring in north...
Oil
$600
H 21.5 in W 27.5 in
Colorful Russian French Judaica Jewish Shtetl Wedding Lithograph Mourlot Paris
By Mane Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
Mane-Katz (1894-1962) Original Lithograph published by Andre Sauret, Monte Carlo, 1966, printed in France, by Mourlot. The ouvrage sheet is not included. this is from a limited editi...
Lithograph
$850
H 17.75 in W 13.75 in
Judaica Oil Painting Jewish Family Interior Shtetl Scene
By Peter Horowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Peter Horowitz, painter, born 1922, Poland. Lived in Hod Hasharon in Israel. Studied at the Art Academy, Krakow. died in 2005. Studies: Art Academy, Cracow. Peter Horowitz was born...
Oil, Board
$3,000
H 29 in W 22.5 in
Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
This has young ISraeli pioneers dancing with the flag as typical of works of the late British mandate Palestine era early state of Israel. Genre: Modern Subject: Figurative (stained...
Paper, Gouache
$1,800
H 14.5 in W 12.25 in
In Prayer, Early 20th Century, Rabbi Portrait Judaica Oil Painting
By Samuel Seeberger
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed upper left Samuel Seeberger (Sieberger) was a known French artist and post-card designer who lived in Paris and was active around 1900-1940. He was arrested for being a ...
Linen, Oil
$2,500
H 35.5 in W 27.75 in
1950's Expressionist Judaica Painting "I Lit All My Candles" Hanukkah Menorah
By Hildegard Rath
Located in Surfside, FL
Hildegard Rath, (1909-1994) painter, author, teacher, and lecturer, Born in Wurttemberg, Germany, in the Black Forest region of Germany. Hildegard Rath became a painter of landscape...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 26 in W 22 in
Rare Hungarian Jewish Rabbi Judaica Oil Painting Portrait
By Lajos Polczer
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Pre World War II (Pre Holocaust) Judaica Art. European Judaic art from this period is exceedingly rare. Polczer was an Hungarian artist, his foundations of painting were taught...
Oil
Polish Judaica Portrait of Hasidic Rabbi Shtetl Tailor Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Older, realistic portrait of an older Jewish shtetl tailor by Polish artist. Here the artist conveys a sense of quiet grandeur through the eyes of his subject and the way it's render...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$4,400
H 46 in W 32 in
Large Judaica Oil Painting Rabbi Rediscovered NY Artist Simchat Torah
By Jonah Kinigstein
Located in Surfside, FL
"Simchat Torah" by Jonah Kinigstein Large Oil on Board Painting of Rabbi Frame: 46 X 32 Image: 39 X 25.5 Jonah Kinigstein (b. 1923) is an American Postwar & Contemporary painter. H...
Oil, Board
Judaica Market Scene, Shuk, European Hasidic Rabbi Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
framed sight size 10 x 13.5 inches painting, framed to 15 x 19. Impressionistic Realistic portrait of an older rabbi visiting the marketplace. Children playing. Here the artist conve...
Oil
$3,200
H 34 in W 28 in
Oil Painting "The Rabbi" Sensitive Judaica Portrait by Italian American master
By Roberto Lupetti
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in Milan, Italy Lupetti studied at the Royal Academy in Rome where he received classical training and was apprenticed to the school of restoration at the Vatican. At the age of ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 29 in W 19 in
Lithuanian French Ecole de Paris Judaica Oil Painting Refugee Family
By Jacques Koslowsky
Located in Surfside, FL
Expressionist Realistic portrait of a Jewish refugee family World War II era by Lithuanian French Jewish artist. Here the artist conveys a sense of quiet grandeur through the eyes of...
Oil, Board
$7,500
H 11.75 in W 10.75 in D 13.75 in
RARE Judaica Holocaust Memorial Menorah Bronze Sculpture
By Mosheh Oved
Located in Surfside, FL
Moshe Oved (aka Edward Good) was a Polish-British, jeweler, artist, sculptor and Yiddish author and founder of the antique jewelry shop Cameo Corner. He left his native Poland for E...
Bronze
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