Samuel Hirszenberg, 1865-1908 : a Polish Jewish artist in turmoil / Richard I. Cohen and Mirjam Rajner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Richard I., author.

Rajner, Mirjam, 1959- author.

Series:

Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)

Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hirszenberg, Samuel, 1865-1908--Criticism and interpretation.

Hirszenberg, Samuel.

Painting, Polish--19th century.

Painting, Polish.

Painting, Polish--20th century.

Poland.

Genre:

History

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool, England : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, [2022]

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.

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

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 17, 2022).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781800853577

1800853572

9781802070798

1802070796

OCLC:

1303673476