Sculptor Michael Gitlin emigrated with his family from South Africa to Israel as a child and has lived in New York City since 1970. Gitlin is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (2005) and a Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant (1991). His work is found in such collections as the Detroit Institute of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Jewish Museum.
Like many of Gertrud Natzler's ceramics, this bowl is flowing and graceful, and, as Otto, her husband and artistic partner, said about her pots in general, “practically floats.” The Natzlers’ works…
This Torah crown from Suriname was made originally in Amsterdam by Evert van Heerdan (active 1644–1683). It is a fine repoussé piece exemplifying the mastery of Dutch silverwork. Inscribed on the…
A woman holding an infant sits on a rock under a gloomy sky at twilight or dawn. In the background is the wreck of a boat. Julius Muhr painted other sentimental and romantic paintings like this one…