Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $700
Unsold
Leon Lewkowicz (1888-1950), Two Sisters, 1923.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
Leon Lewkowicz was born in Rava-Ruska in the Lviv Oblast, Poland. After graduating from the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, he continued to live and work in the city. He often painted portraits of Jews and Gypsies; his style was influenced by academic realism, with a melancholy air. During the war, he was in exile in Kazakhstan, where he continued to paint, also working as a teacher. He passed away in Chimkent in 1950.
65X79 cm, in a 74X109 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to paint. Canvas repairs to verso. Illegible inscription on verso.
Provenance: The collection of Simcha Holtzberg, "Father of the Wounded Soldiers".
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Simcha Holtzberg (1924-1994), also known as the "Father of the Wounded Soldiers", loreate of the 1976 Israel Prize, was born in Warsaw, Poland, and experienced firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto and the camps of Budzyń and Bergen-Belzen. After the liberation, he immigrated to Palestine, married and started a family, making a living trading in Judaica and art. Since the Six-Day War, he devoted much of his time and efforts to helping wounded and disabled IDF soldiers and bereaved families. He visited wounded soldiers in hospitals, supporting them both spiritually and financially and accompanying them in their recovery as a real father would.
From Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s eulogy in memory of Simcha Holtzberg: "This man, snatched from the fire of the Holocaust, so deeply concerned for the State of Israel, a haven for Holocaust refugees, did everything in his power so that the catastrophe would be remembered. The terrors of the Holocaust followed him like a shadow, fueling his love of the State, the wounded, the disabled, the bereaved families […] in the name of the Israel Defense Forces and in the name of the State of Israel, I salute you, Simcha".
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
Leon Lewkowicz was born in Rava-Ruska in the Lviv Oblast, Poland. After graduating from the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, he continued to live and work in the city. He often painted portraits of Jews and Gypsies; his style was influenced by academic realism, with a melancholy air. During the war, he was in exile in Kazakhstan, where he continued to paint, also working as a teacher. He passed away in Chimkent in 1950.
65X79 cm, in a 74X109 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to paint. Canvas repairs to verso. Illegible inscription on verso.
Provenance: The collection of Simcha Holtzberg, "Father of the Wounded Soldiers".
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Simcha Holtzberg (1924-1994), also known as the "Father of the Wounded Soldiers", loreate of the 1976 Israel Prize, was born in Warsaw, Poland, and experienced firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto and the camps of Budzyń and Bergen-Belzen. After the liberation, he immigrated to Palestine, married and started a family, making a living trading in Judaica and art. Since the Six-Day War, he devoted much of his time and efforts to helping wounded and disabled IDF soldiers and bereaved families. He visited wounded soldiers in hospitals, supporting them both spiritually and financially and accompanying them in their recovery as a real father would.
From Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s eulogy in memory of Simcha Holtzberg: "This man, snatched from the fire of the Holocaust, so deeply concerned for the State of Israel, a haven for Holocaust refugees, did everything in his power so that the catastrophe would be remembered. The terrors of the Holocaust followed him like a shadow, fueling his love of the State, the wounded, the disabled, the bereaved families […] in the name of the Israel Defense Forces and in the name of the State of Israel, I salute you, Simcha".
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Yankel Ginzburg (b. 1945). Holocaust: The Town is Burning / The Parchment is Burning but the Letters are Soaring High.
Mixed media on canvas (with pieces of parchment). Signed.
Yankel Ginzburg, painter, printmaker and sculptor, born in Kazakhstan, is the grandson of Ahad HaAm's brother on his father's side and the grandson of Marshal Zhukov on his mother's side. He grew up in Lodz and in 1957 immigrated to Israel with his family. He studied at the Bat-Yam Art Institute and in 1968 moved to the US. His work over the years spans a wide variety of styles, from abstract to photorealism, and was showcased in various exhibitions and museums in the US and across the world. Ginzburg is involved in public and political activity.
60X50 cm, in a 85X95 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to frame.
Provenance: The collection of Simcha Holtzberg, "Father of the Wounded Soldiers".
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Simcha Holtzberg (1924-1994), also known as the "Father of the Wounded Soldiers", loreate of the 1976 Israel Prize, was born in Warsaw, Poland, and experienced firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto and the camps of Budzyń and Bergen-Belzen. After the liberation, he immigrated to Palestine, married and started a family, making a living trading in Judaica and art. Since the Six-Day War, he devoted much of his time and efforts to helping wounded and disabled IDF soldiers and bereaved families. He visited wounded soldiers in hospitals, supporting them both spiritually and financially and accompanying them in their recovery as a real father would.
From Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s eulogy in memory of Simcha Holtzberg: "This man, snatched from the fire of the Holocaust, so deeply concerned for the State of Israel, a haven for Holocaust refugees, did everything in his power so that the catastrophe would be remembered. The terrors of the Holocaust followed him like a shadow, fueling his love of the State, the wounded, the disabled, the bereaved families […] in the name of the Israel Defense Forces and in the name of the State of Israel, I salute you, Simcha".
Mixed media on canvas (with pieces of parchment). Signed.
Yankel Ginzburg, painter, printmaker and sculptor, born in Kazakhstan, is the grandson of Ahad HaAm's brother on his father's side and the grandson of Marshal Zhukov on his mother's side. He grew up in Lodz and in 1957 immigrated to Israel with his family. He studied at the Bat-Yam Art Institute and in 1968 moved to the US. His work over the years spans a wide variety of styles, from abstract to photorealism, and was showcased in various exhibitions and museums in the US and across the world. Ginzburg is involved in public and political activity.
60X50 cm, in a 85X95 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to frame.
Provenance: The collection of Simcha Holtzberg, "Father of the Wounded Soldiers".
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Simcha Holtzberg (1924-1994), also known as the "Father of the Wounded Soldiers", loreate of the 1976 Israel Prize, was born in Warsaw, Poland, and experienced firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto and the camps of Budzyń and Bergen-Belzen. After the liberation, he immigrated to Palestine, married and started a family, making a living trading in Judaica and art. Since the Six-Day War, he devoted much of his time and efforts to helping wounded and disabled IDF soldiers and bereaved families. He visited wounded soldiers in hospitals, supporting them both spiritually and financially and accompanying them in their recovery as a real father would.
From Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s eulogy in memory of Simcha Holtzberg: "This man, snatched from the fire of the Holocaust, so deeply concerned for the State of Israel, a haven for Holocaust refugees, did everything in his power so that the catastrophe would be remembered. The terrors of the Holocaust followed him like a shadow, fueling his love of the State, the wounded, the disabled, the bereaved families […] in the name of the Israel Defense Forces and in the name of the State of Israel, I salute you, Simcha".
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Adam Muszka (1914-2005), Hanukkah.
Oil on Masonite. Signed. Titled on verso.
Adam Muszka, born in Piotrków Trybunalski, studied at the school of decorative arts in Lodz. During World War II, he lived in Tashkent, and upon returning to Poland after the war, settled in Lodz. In 1967, he immigrated to Paris. His works portray Jewish life in Poland, and particularly his hometown.
61X46 cm, in a 96X80.5 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to paint. Minor blemishes to frame.
Provenance: The collection of Simcha Holtzberg, "Father of the Wounded Soldiers".
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Simcha Holtzberg (1924-1994), also known as the "Father of the Wounded Soldiers", loreate of the 1976 Israel Prize, was born in Warsaw, Poland, and experienced firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto and the camps of Budzyń and Bergen-Belzen. After the liberation, he immigrated to Palestine, married and started a family, making a living trading in Judaica and art. Since the Six-Day War, he devoted much of his time and efforts to helping wounded and disabled IDF soldiers and bereaved families. He visited wounded soldiers in hospitals, supporting them both spiritually and financially and accompanying them in their recovery as a real father would.
From Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s eulogy in memory of Simcha Holtzberg: "This man, snatched from the fire of the Holocaust, so deeply concerned for the State of Israel, a haven for Holocaust refugees, did everything in his power so that the catastrophe would be remembered. The terrors of the Holocaust followed him like a shadow, fueling his love of the State, the wounded, the disabled, the bereaved families […] in the name of the Israel Defense Forces and in the name of the State of Israel, I salute you, Simcha".
Oil on Masonite. Signed. Titled on verso.
Adam Muszka, born in Piotrków Trybunalski, studied at the school of decorative arts in Lodz. During World War II, he lived in Tashkent, and upon returning to Poland after the war, settled in Lodz. In 1967, he immigrated to Paris. His works portray Jewish life in Poland, and particularly his hometown.
61X46 cm, in a 96X80.5 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to paint. Minor blemishes to frame.
Provenance: The collection of Simcha Holtzberg, "Father of the Wounded Soldiers".
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Simcha Holtzberg (1924-1994), also known as the "Father of the Wounded Soldiers", loreate of the 1976 Israel Prize, was born in Warsaw, Poland, and experienced firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto and the camps of Budzyń and Bergen-Belzen. After the liberation, he immigrated to Palestine, married and started a family, making a living trading in Judaica and art. Since the Six-Day War, he devoted much of his time and efforts to helping wounded and disabled IDF soldiers and bereaved families. He visited wounded soldiers in hospitals, supporting them both spiritually and financially and accompanying them in their recovery as a real father would.
From Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s eulogy in memory of Simcha Holtzberg: "This man, snatched from the fire of the Holocaust, so deeply concerned for the State of Israel, a haven for Holocaust refugees, did everything in his power so that the catastrophe would be remembered. The terrors of the Holocaust followed him like a shadow, fueling his love of the State, the wounded, the disabled, the bereaved families […] in the name of the Israel Defense Forces and in the name of the State of Israel, I salute you, Simcha".
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
Unsold
Baruch Nachshon (b. 1939), The Feast of Leviathan, 1977.
Oil on Masonite. Signed and dated.
Baruch Nachshon, born in Haifa, studied art with photographer and painter Shlomo (Neroni) Narinsky. Nachshon, a Chabad hassid, was awarded a scholarship to study art in New York by the Lubavitcher Rebbe. At the Rebbe's request, Nachshon held an exhibition of his work at the Chabad World Headquarters, and the Rebbe, after touring the exhibition, urged him to "disseminate his art by any means, across the whole world". He lives in Hebron and his works are largely inspired by biblical, midrashic and aggadic themes.
49.5X19 cm, in a 76.5X46.5 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to frame.
Provenance: The collection of Simcha Holtzberg, "Father of the Wounded Soldiers".
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Simcha Holtzberg (1924-1994), also known as the "Father of the Wounded Soldiers", loreate of the 1976 Israel Prize, was born in Warsaw, Poland, and experienced firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto and the camps of Budzyń and Bergen-Belzen. After the liberation, he immigrated to Palestine, married and started a family, making a living trading in Judaica and art. Since the Six-Day War, he devoted much of his time and efforts to helping wounded and disabled IDF soldiers and bereaved families. He visited wounded soldiers in hospitals, supporting them both spiritually and financially and accompanying them in their recovery as a real father would.
From Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s eulogy in memory of Simcha Holtzberg: "This man, snatched from the fire of the Holocaust, so deeply concerned for the State of Israel, a haven for Holocaust refugees, did everything in his power so that the catastrophe would be remembered. The terrors of the Holocaust followed him like a shadow, fueling his love of the State, the wounded, the disabled, the bereaved families […] in the name of the Israel Defense Forces and in the name of the State of Israel, I salute you, Simcha".
Oil on Masonite. Signed and dated.
Baruch Nachshon, born in Haifa, studied art with photographer and painter Shlomo (Neroni) Narinsky. Nachshon, a Chabad hassid, was awarded a scholarship to study art in New York by the Lubavitcher Rebbe. At the Rebbe's request, Nachshon held an exhibition of his work at the Chabad World Headquarters, and the Rebbe, after touring the exhibition, urged him to "disseminate his art by any means, across the whole world". He lives in Hebron and his works are largely inspired by biblical, midrashic and aggadic themes.
49.5X19 cm, in a 76.5X46.5 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to frame.
Provenance: The collection of Simcha Holtzberg, "Father of the Wounded Soldiers".
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Simcha Holtzberg (1924-1994), also known as the "Father of the Wounded Soldiers", loreate of the 1976 Israel Prize, was born in Warsaw, Poland, and experienced firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto and the camps of Budzyń and Bergen-Belzen. After the liberation, he immigrated to Palestine, married and started a family, making a living trading in Judaica and art. Since the Six-Day War, he devoted much of his time and efforts to helping wounded and disabled IDF soldiers and bereaved families. He visited wounded soldiers in hospitals, supporting them both spiritually and financially and accompanying them in their recovery as a real father would.
From Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s eulogy in memory of Simcha Holtzberg: "This man, snatched from the fire of the Holocaust, so deeply concerned for the State of Israel, a haven for Holocaust refugees, did everything in his power so that the catastrophe would be remembered. The terrors of the Holocaust followed him like a shadow, fueling his love of the State, the wounded, the disabled, the bereaved families […] in the name of the Israel Defense Forces and in the name of the State of Israel, I salute you, Simcha".
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Benn (Benzion Rabinovich; 1905-1989), Two Actors.
Oil on canvas. Signed.
Benn (Benzion Rabinovich; also Bencjon Rabinowicz), painter and graphic artist, born in Bialystok, was one of the founders of the artists' group Forma-Farba-Faktura. In 1929 he moved to Paris, where he studied under Fernand Leger. During the 1930s, he regularly exhibited in Paris. After the German occupation of France, Benn was interned at Beaune-la-Rolande. He was eventually released with the help of influential friends and went into hiding for 26 months. During this time, he produced a series of illustrations to the Bible.
72X90 cm, in a 122X103 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Fractures and blemishes to frame.
Oil on canvas. Signed.
Benn (Benzion Rabinovich; also Bencjon Rabinowicz), painter and graphic artist, born in Bialystok, was one of the founders of the artists' group Forma-Farba-Faktura. In 1929 he moved to Paris, where he studied under Fernand Leger. During the 1930s, he regularly exhibited in Paris. After the German occupation of France, Benn was interned at Beaune-la-Rolande. He was eventually released with the help of influential friends and went into hiding for 26 months. During this time, he produced a series of illustrations to the Bible.
72X90 cm, in a 122X103 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Fractures and blemishes to frame.
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
Unsold
Benn (Benzion Rabinovich; 1905-1989), Flower Vase.
Oil on heavy cardboard. Signed.
62X43 cm, in a 79X60 cm frame. Good condition. Warping to cardboard. Blemishes to frame.
Oil on heavy cardboard. Signed.
62X43 cm, in a 79X60 cm frame. Good condition. Warping to cardboard. Blemishes to frame.
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Savu Petra Dan (1903-1986), Portrait of a Rabbi.
Oil on canvas. Signed.
Savu Petra Dan was born in Bucharest, Romania. After graduating, he was appointed court painter to Carol II, King of Romania. With the outbreak of World War II and Romania's occupation by the Germans, he was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, but survived. In 1961, he immigrated to Israel, and in 1974 moved to Germany, where he worked until his passing.
40X50 cm. Good condition.
Oil on canvas. Signed.
Savu Petra Dan was born in Bucharest, Romania. After graduating, he was appointed court painter to Carol II, King of Romania. With the outbreak of World War II and Romania's occupation by the Germans, he was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, but survived. In 1961, he immigrated to Israel, and in 1974 moved to Germany, where he worked until his passing.
40X50 cm. Good condition.
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $250
Unsold
Moshe Bernstein (1920-2006), The Mourner, 1954.
Gouache on Paper. Signed and dated. Titled on verso.
Moshe Bernstein, painter, illustrator and Yiddish poet, was born in Bereza Kartuska, Poland. He studied at the Vilna Academy of Art. During World War II, he escaped to the USSR. In 1947 Bernstein attempted to illegaly immigrate to Palestine with Aliya Bet, and after the illegal immigrant ship on which he sailed was captured by the British, he was sent to the Cyprus detention camps. There he met artist Naftali Bezem and studied in his workshop. A print he created in the workshop was featured in the album "In the Cyprus Exile". Bernstein's art focused mainly on documenting and commemorating the Eastern European shtetl.
Being, by his own definition, "an expressive artist with a surrealistic-symbolic tendency", he failed to achieve recognition from artistic circles in Israel, which for many years favored abstraction. However, his pictures of the shtetl, commemorating a vanished world, were eventually recognized for their artistic value and importance.
59X44.5 cm, in a 76X61.5 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to margins of leaf. Minor blemishes to frame.
Provenance: The collection of Simcha Holtzberg, "Father of the Wounded Soldiers".
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Simcha Holtzberg (1924-1994), also known as the "Father of the Wounded Soldiers", loreate of the 1976 Israel Prize, was born in Warsaw, Poland, and experienced firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto and the camps of Budzyń and Bergen-Belzen. After the liberation, he immigrated to Palestine, married and started a family, making a living trading in Judaica and art. Since the Six-Day War, he devoted much of his time and efforts to helping wounded and disabled IDF soldiers and bereaved families. He visited wounded soldiers in hospitals, supporting them both spiritually and financially and accompanying them in their recovery as a real father would.
From Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s eulogy in memory of Simcha Holtzberg: "This man, snatched from the fire of the Holocaust, so deeply concerned for the State of Israel, a haven for Holocaust refugees, did everything in his power so that the catastrophe would be remembered. The terrors of the Holocaust followed him like a shadow, fueling his love of the State, the wounded, the disabled, the bereaved families […] in the name of the Israel Defense Forces and in the name of the State of Israel, I salute you, Simcha".
Gouache on Paper. Signed and dated. Titled on verso.
Moshe Bernstein, painter, illustrator and Yiddish poet, was born in Bereza Kartuska, Poland. He studied at the Vilna Academy of Art. During World War II, he escaped to the USSR. In 1947 Bernstein attempted to illegaly immigrate to Palestine with Aliya Bet, and after the illegal immigrant ship on which he sailed was captured by the British, he was sent to the Cyprus detention camps. There he met artist Naftali Bezem and studied in his workshop. A print he created in the workshop was featured in the album "In the Cyprus Exile". Bernstein's art focused mainly on documenting and commemorating the Eastern European shtetl.
Being, by his own definition, "an expressive artist with a surrealistic-symbolic tendency", he failed to achieve recognition from artistic circles in Israel, which for many years favored abstraction. However, his pictures of the shtetl, commemorating a vanished world, were eventually recognized for their artistic value and importance.
59X44.5 cm, in a 76X61.5 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to margins of leaf. Minor blemishes to frame.
Provenance: The collection of Simcha Holtzberg, "Father of the Wounded Soldiers".
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Simcha Holtzberg (1924-1994), also known as the "Father of the Wounded Soldiers", loreate of the 1976 Israel Prize, was born in Warsaw, Poland, and experienced firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto and the camps of Budzyń and Bergen-Belzen. After the liberation, he immigrated to Palestine, married and started a family, making a living trading in Judaica and art. Since the Six-Day War, he devoted much of his time and efforts to helping wounded and disabled IDF soldiers and bereaved families. He visited wounded soldiers in hospitals, supporting them both spiritually and financially and accompanying them in their recovery as a real father would.
From Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s eulogy in memory of Simcha Holtzberg: "This man, snatched from the fire of the Holocaust, so deeply concerned for the State of Israel, a haven for Holocaust refugees, did everything in his power so that the catastrophe would be remembered. The terrors of the Holocaust followed him like a shadow, fueling his love of the State, the wounded, the disabled, the bereaved families […] in the name of the Israel Defense Forces and in the name of the State of Israel, I salute you, Simcha".
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $2,000
Unsold
Menachem Shemi (1897-1951), Still Life, 1932.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
Menachem Shemi, born in Bobruisk, Belarus, an outstanding artist of the Yishuv era and a founding father of early local modernism. Studied in the Odessa Art Academy and in 1913 immigrated to Palestine to study in Bezalel. Although he was yet unfamiliar with European modernism, he rebelled against the conservative approach Bezalel was known for. In World War I he was conscripted into the Ottoman army, deserted and even made it to the Jewish Legion. In 1928 he was finally able to visit Paris, where the art he studied influenced his work greatly. In 1937 he travelled to Paris again, this time to hold a solo exhibition. Shemi won the Dizengoff prize for painting twice, in 1938 and again in 1942. In 1942 he volunteered to the British army, serving with the 745 Artisan Works Coy., R.E. which was stationed in North Africa, then in Italy. Upon his return to Palestine, Shemi published a sketch album under the title "A Soldier Returns to Palestine" (Hebrew), and an exhibition of his war-time works was held in the Tel Aviv Museum. In 1947 he moved to Safed; shortly before his death, he exhibited in the 1950 Venice Biennale.
"... his whole rather short life was dedicated to facing, bravely and steadily, the challenge of creating a personal artistic style. He strived to achieve the highest European standards while expressing the essence of the Levant at its best, encompassing its views, atmosphere and colors, refining it in his inner furnace – the Artist's soul…". (HaAretz, Menachem Shemi – A Man and an Artist, exhibition statement. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2009. Curator: Dalia Belkin)
62.5X47 cm. Good condition. Restored.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
Menachem Shemi, born in Bobruisk, Belarus, an outstanding artist of the Yishuv era and a founding father of early local modernism. Studied in the Odessa Art Academy and in 1913 immigrated to Palestine to study in Bezalel. Although he was yet unfamiliar with European modernism, he rebelled against the conservative approach Bezalel was known for. In World War I he was conscripted into the Ottoman army, deserted and even made it to the Jewish Legion. In 1928 he was finally able to visit Paris, where the art he studied influenced his work greatly. In 1937 he travelled to Paris again, this time to hold a solo exhibition. Shemi won the Dizengoff prize for painting twice, in 1938 and again in 1942. In 1942 he volunteered to the British army, serving with the 745 Artisan Works Coy., R.E. which was stationed in North Africa, then in Italy. Upon his return to Palestine, Shemi published a sketch album under the title "A Soldier Returns to Palestine" (Hebrew), and an exhibition of his war-time works was held in the Tel Aviv Museum. In 1947 he moved to Safed; shortly before his death, he exhibited in the 1950 Venice Biennale.
"... his whole rather short life was dedicated to facing, bravely and steadily, the challenge of creating a personal artistic style. He strived to achieve the highest European standards while expressing the essence of the Levant at its best, encompassing its views, atmosphere and colors, refining it in his inner furnace – the Artist's soul…". (HaAretz, Menachem Shemi – A Man and an Artist, exhibition statement. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2009. Curator: Dalia Belkin)
62.5X47 cm. Good condition. Restored.
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Aharon Giladi (1907-1993), A Figure in a Landscape.
Oil on canvas. Signed.
Aharon Giladi was born in Gomel, Belarus. He acquired his artistic training in the Petrograd Art Academy. As an "HaShomer HaTzair" activist he was arrested, serving time in Siberia; in 1929 he was released and immediately immigrated to Palestine. After spending some time preparing in Kvutzat Kinneret, he and his group founded Kibbutz Afikim. He lived almost two decades in the Kibbutz, working regular shifts and dedicating the evenings to his artistic work. In 1947, he finally left the Kibbutz. Giladi was a member of the Ofakim Hadashim group, and won the Dizengoff prize for painting twice, in 1948 and 1952.
"Giladi is intense and inquisitive; he does not accept life as final, but as an ever-changing process. People and views – sometimes together, at times separately – are the main themes of his work. Both are softly radiant, spiritual… the painter knows how to access subtleties within his own being, and seems to discover them at the same time with his audience. He is one of the first artists to show the unique atmosphere in the Kibbutz dining room and cultural hall, during lunch or dinner…". (Dr. Haim Gamzu: Art Critiques. The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2006. pp. 215).
50X35.5 cm, in a 59X74 cm frame. Good condition. Crack to corner of frame.
Oil on canvas. Signed.
Aharon Giladi was born in Gomel, Belarus. He acquired his artistic training in the Petrograd Art Academy. As an "HaShomer HaTzair" activist he was arrested, serving time in Siberia; in 1929 he was released and immediately immigrated to Palestine. After spending some time preparing in Kvutzat Kinneret, he and his group founded Kibbutz Afikim. He lived almost two decades in the Kibbutz, working regular shifts and dedicating the evenings to his artistic work. In 1947, he finally left the Kibbutz. Giladi was a member of the Ofakim Hadashim group, and won the Dizengoff prize for painting twice, in 1948 and 1952.
"Giladi is intense and inquisitive; he does not accept life as final, but as an ever-changing process. People and views – sometimes together, at times separately – are the main themes of his work. Both are softly radiant, spiritual… the painter knows how to access subtleties within his own being, and seems to discover them at the same time with his audience. He is one of the first artists to show the unique atmosphere in the Kibbutz dining room and cultural hall, during lunch or dinner…". (Dr. Haim Gamzu: Art Critiques. The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2006. pp. 215).
50X35.5 cm, in a 59X74 cm frame. Good condition. Crack to corner of frame.
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Arieh Allweil (1901-1967), Landscape.
Oil on canvas. Signed.
An additional painting by Allweil on verso (not signed): a Jew in the Cave of the Patriarchs (?).?Arieh Allweil (1901-1967), born in Boibrik (Bíbrka, Galicia), established a group of "HaShomer Hatza'ir" in his hometown and in 1920 immigrated to Palestine as a pioneer. He was one of the founders of Upper Bitaniyah, the first settlement attempt of "HaShomer HaTzair" in Palestine. In 1921, following the Bitaniyah Affair, he quit the group and returned to Europe to study art at the Vienna Art Academy. During his studies there he joined the Kunstschau group of avant-garde artists, whose members also included Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, made his first works of art, including the series of prints "Turah Aforah" inspired by his time at Upper Bitaniyah, and displayed his works in the group's exhibitions. In 1926, he returned to Palestine, where he worked as a painter and teacher, and was one of the founders of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, The Israel Painters and Sculptors Association, and the "HaMidrasha" art school in Tel Aviv. He also self-published his books, in the "Hillel" publishing house he had founded. In his artistic work – his paintings of the views of Palestine and his activity as a central figure in Israeli artistic circles – Arieh Allweil continued his life's work as a pioneer.
Arieh Allweil worked en plein air. During his first years in Palestine, he struggled to adjust to the local light. However, with time he developed his own unique style of landscape painting, working mostly in the soft morning light. In his autobiographical writings, he reminiscenced: "For two years I destroyed everything I painted. The Eretz-Israeli landscape denied itself to a painter from the Vienna woods [...] The blazing sun tore my pictures with dullness. It is not easy to 'conquer' this landscape […] The Eretz Israeli landscape pushed all traces of Cubism, and of Fauvism too, out of my paintings" (Arieh Allweil: Letters, Figures, Landscapes, by Galia Bar Or. Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, 2015. p. 90).
48X57 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Small holes to margins of canvas. Unstreched and unframed.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Oil on canvas. Signed.
An additional painting by Allweil on verso (not signed): a Jew in the Cave of the Patriarchs (?).?Arieh Allweil (1901-1967), born in Boibrik (Bíbrka, Galicia), established a group of "HaShomer Hatza'ir" in his hometown and in 1920 immigrated to Palestine as a pioneer. He was one of the founders of Upper Bitaniyah, the first settlement attempt of "HaShomer HaTzair" in Palestine. In 1921, following the Bitaniyah Affair, he quit the group and returned to Europe to study art at the Vienna Art Academy. During his studies there he joined the Kunstschau group of avant-garde artists, whose members also included Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, made his first works of art, including the series of prints "Turah Aforah" inspired by his time at Upper Bitaniyah, and displayed his works in the group's exhibitions. In 1926, he returned to Palestine, where he worked as a painter and teacher, and was one of the founders of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, The Israel Painters and Sculptors Association, and the "HaMidrasha" art school in Tel Aviv. He also self-published his books, in the "Hillel" publishing house he had founded. In his artistic work – his paintings of the views of Palestine and his activity as a central figure in Israeli artistic circles – Arieh Allweil continued his life's work as a pioneer.
Arieh Allweil worked en plein air. During his first years in Palestine, he struggled to adjust to the local light. However, with time he developed his own unique style of landscape painting, working mostly in the soft morning light. In his autobiographical writings, he reminiscenced: "For two years I destroyed everything I painted. The Eretz-Israeli landscape denied itself to a painter from the Vienna woods [...] The blazing sun tore my pictures with dullness. It is not easy to 'conquer' this landscape […] The Eretz Israeli landscape pushed all traces of Cubism, and of Fauvism too, out of my paintings" (Arieh Allweil: Letters, Figures, Landscapes, by Galia Bar Or. Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, 2015. p. 90).
48X57 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Small holes to margins of canvas. Unstreched and unframed.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
Unsold
Arieh Allweil (1901-1967) – A Couple in a Landscape.
Oil on canvas. Not signed.
Approx. 60X50 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Folds and small holes to margins of canvas. Sketch on verso. Unstreched and unframed.
Arieh Allweil (1901-1967), born in Boibrik (Bíbrka, Galicia), established a group of "HaShomer Hatza'ir" in his hometown and in 1920 immigrated to Palestine as a pioneer. He was one of the founders of Upper Bitaniyah, the first settlement attempt of "HaShomer HaTzair" in Palestine. In 1921, following the Bitaniyah Affair, he quit the group and returned to Europe to study art at the Vienna Art Academy. During his studies there he joined the Kunstschau group of avant-garde artists, whose members also included Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, made his first works of art, including the series of prints "Turah Aforah" inspired by his time at Upper Bitaniyah, and displayed his works in the group's exhibitions. In 1926, he returned to Palestine, where he worked as a painter and teacher, and was one of the founders of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, The Israel Painters and Sculptors Association, and the "HaMidrasha" art school in Tel Aviv. He also self-published his books, in the "Hillel" publishing house he had founded. In his artistic work – his paintings of the views of Palestine and his activity as a central figure in Israeli artistic circles – Arieh Allweil continued his life's work as a pioneer.
Arieh Allweil worked en plein air. During his first years in Palestine, he struggled to adjust to the local light. However, with time he developed his own unique style of landscape painting, working mostly in the soft morning light. In his autobiographical writings, he reminiscenced: "For two years I destroyed everything I painted. The Eretz-Israeli landscape denied itself to a painter from the Vienna woods [...] The blazing sun tore my pictures with dullness. It is not easy to 'conquer' this landscape […] The Eretz Israeli landscape pushed all traces of Cubism, and of Fauvism too, out of my paintings" (Arieh Allweil: Letters, Figures, Landscapes, by Galia Bar Or. Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, 2015. p. 90).
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Oil on canvas. Not signed.
Approx. 60X50 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Folds and small holes to margins of canvas. Sketch on verso. Unstreched and unframed.
Arieh Allweil (1901-1967), born in Boibrik (Bíbrka, Galicia), established a group of "HaShomer Hatza'ir" in his hometown and in 1920 immigrated to Palestine as a pioneer. He was one of the founders of Upper Bitaniyah, the first settlement attempt of "HaShomer HaTzair" in Palestine. In 1921, following the Bitaniyah Affair, he quit the group and returned to Europe to study art at the Vienna Art Academy. During his studies there he joined the Kunstschau group of avant-garde artists, whose members also included Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, made his first works of art, including the series of prints "Turah Aforah" inspired by his time at Upper Bitaniyah, and displayed his works in the group's exhibitions. In 1926, he returned to Palestine, where he worked as a painter and teacher, and was one of the founders of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, The Israel Painters and Sculptors Association, and the "HaMidrasha" art school in Tel Aviv. He also self-published his books, in the "Hillel" publishing house he had founded. In his artistic work – his paintings of the views of Palestine and his activity as a central figure in Israeli artistic circles – Arieh Allweil continued his life's work as a pioneer.
Arieh Allweil worked en plein air. During his first years in Palestine, he struggled to adjust to the local light. However, with time he developed his own unique style of landscape painting, working mostly in the soft morning light. In his autobiographical writings, he reminiscenced: "For two years I destroyed everything I painted. The Eretz-Israeli landscape denied itself to a painter from the Vienna woods [...] The blazing sun tore my pictures with dullness. It is not easy to 'conquer' this landscape […] The Eretz Israeli landscape pushed all traces of Cubism, and of Fauvism too, out of my paintings" (Arieh Allweil: Letters, Figures, Landscapes, by Galia Bar Or. Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, 2015. p. 90).
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue