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Author Cohen, Richard I., author

Title Samuel Hirszenberg, 1865-1908 : a Polish Jewish artist in turmoil / Richard I. Cohen and Mirjam Rajner
Published London : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2022
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Description 1 online resource
Series The Littman library of Jewish civilization
Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
Contents Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Note on Editorial Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Łódź: The Beginning -- 2. Kraków: Hirszenberg's First Steps as an Artist -- The Artist's Sketchbook -- 3. Coming of Age in Munich -- Zidkijahu -- Miriam's Song -- The Jewish-Christian Dispute -- Internal Struggles: Yeshiva and Uriel Acosta and Spinoza -- Taking Leave of Munich -- 4. The Years of Wandering: Paris, Łódź, and Munich -- New Artistic Directions and Inspirations -- Discovering Polish Landscapes -- The Artist and His Muse -- Confronting Contemporary Jewish Dilemmas -- 5. Success in Łódź
The Two Worlds -- Hirszenberg's Patrons -- Dinah Hirszenberg -- Hirszenberg's Artistic Identities -- The Jewish Theme -- 6. The Poznański Palace Commission -- The Palace Dining Hall -- Italy -- In Memory of Izrael Poznański -- The Ballroom -- 7. From Łódź to Kraków -- The Painter of the Ghetto -- Kraków's Art Milieu -- The Jewish Art Circle -- Portraits -- The Black Banner -- The Insider and the Outsider -- Rytro -- Taking Leave of Poland -- 8. Jerusalem: The Final Destination -- Jerusalem in Hirszenberg's Eyes -- Hirszenberg's Last Wandering Jews -- 9. Hirszenberg's Legacy
Creating Icons of 'Jewish Art': Exile, The Wandering Jew, and The Black Banner -- The Impact of Yeshiva and Sabbath Rest: Between Nostalgia and Criticism -- Seeing Hirszenberg and His Legacy (1919-1939) -- Exile and Deportation: Image and Reality -- Exhibiting Hirszenberg after 1945 -- Epilogue: Hirszenberg-the Man, the Artist -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Samuel Hirszenberg is an artist who deserves to be more widely known: his work intertwined modernism and Jewish themes, and he influenced later artists of Jewish origin.Born into a traditional Jewish family in Łódź in 1865, Hirszenberg gradually became attached to Polish culture and language as he pursued his artistic calling. Like Maurycy Gottlieb before him, he studied at the School of Art in Kraków, which was then headed by the master of Polish painting, Jan Matejko. His early interests were to persist with varying degrees of intensity throughout his life: his Polish surroundings, traditional east European Jews, historical themes, the Orient, and the nature of relationships between men and women. He also had a lifelong commitment to landscape painting and portraiture.Hirszenberg's personal circumstances, economic considerations, and historical upheavals took him to different countries, strongly influencing his artistic output. He moved to Jerusalem in 1907 andthere, as a se... Publisher description
Analysis Israel Poznański
history of Jewish art
Łódź
Exile
Kraków
Samuel Hirszenberg
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 08, 2022)
Subject Hirszenberg, Samuel, 1865-1908 -- Criticism and interpretation
Hirszenberg, Samuel, 1865-1908
Painting, Polish -- 19th century
Painting, Polish -- 20th century
Jewish artists -- Poland -- History -- 19th century
Jewish artists -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
Jewish artists
Painting, Polish
Poland
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
Author Rajner, Mirjam, 1959- author.
Hirszenberg, Samuel, 1865-1908. Works. Selections
ISBN 9781802070798
1802070796