Israeli artist Yigal Ozeri is known for large-scale architectural and mixed media works, as well as for his hyper-realistic portrait paintings. His work has appeared in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Israel, Europe, and the United States. Ozeri lives in New York.
This silver alms plate was likely used to collect donations in a synagogue. In the center is a boat, meant to represent Noah’s ark, a common image on Jewish alms containers. The Hebrew word for…
This drawing by Else Lasker-Schüler appeared on the frontispiece of her 1912 novel Mein Herz: Ein Liebes Roman (My Heart: A Novel of Love). Lasker-Schüler created a fantastical world in her poems and…
In a self-portrait from ca. 1721, Catherine da Costa depicts herself at work in a studio, painting a portrait of mother and child that resembles paintings of the Madonna and child.