UID:
almafu_9961565524202883
Format:
1 online resource (361 pages)
ISBN:
1-80085-357-2
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1-80207-079-6
Series Statement:
The Littman library of Jewish civilization
Content:
Samuel Hirszenberg's artwork intertwined modernism and Jewish themes, and he influenced later artists of Jewish origin. Born into a traditional Jewish family in 1865, he gradually became attached to Polish culture and language as he pursued his artistic calling. 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. His personal circumstances, economic considerations, and historical upheavals took him to different countries, strongly influencing his artistic output. This fully illustrated study presents an intimate and detailed picture of the artist's development.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2022.
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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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78962-193-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3828/9781789621938
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