The art and artists of the fifth Zionist Congress, 1901 : heralds of a new age / Gilya Gerda Schmidt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, Gilya Gerda.

Series:

Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zionist Congress.

Jewish art--19th century.

Jewish art.

Jewish art--20th century.

Jewish artists--History--19th century.

Jewish artists.

Jewish artists--History--20th century.

Zionism and Judaism.

Zionist Congress--(5th : 1901 : Basel, Switzerland).

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Illuminates the Jewish art exhibition at the Fifth Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, in 1901, and its extraordinary contributions to art and Jewish history and culture.

Contents:

Introduction: The Significance of the Fifth Zionist Congress for Cultural Zionism 1

1. The Art Exhibition at the Fifth Zionist Congress: Artistic Creativity and the Renewal of the Jewish Spirit 14

2. Forerunners: Eduard Bendemann and Maurycy Gottlieb 32

3. The Tiny Great Man: Jozef Israels, the Great "Rabbi" of Painting 53

4. Hermann Struck: The Artist of the Point and the Artistic Soul of Israel 85

5. Lessery Ury: On the Wings of Coloric Ecstasy and in the Depths of Human Misery 120

6. Ephraim Moshe Lilien: Cultural Priest and Social Advocate 151

7. The Other Artists in the Exhibition: Solomon Kischinewski, Oskar Marmorek, Alfred Nossig, Jehudo Epstein, and Alfred Lakos 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index.

ISBN:

0815630301

OCLC:

51848431