Ralph Earl was a self-taught, itinerant portrait painter, the son of a farmer. A Loyalist, he fled to England during the American Revolution. When he returned to the United States in 1785, he soon ended up in prison because of nonpayment of debts. When he was released, a wealthy patron helped him get commissions as a society portrait painter. He is credited with painting at least 183 portraits.
Zikhron Ya‘akov was first established near the city of Haifa as an agricultural settlement in 1882 by Jewish immigrants from Romania. A year later, it became the beneficiary of philanthropist Baron…
Berman’s best-known work is her Holocaust memorial for the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island in Washington State. The twelve-foot-high bronze sculpture consists of stylized Hebrew…
Based on an earlier (1992) image with soldiers in mixed media, this painting depicts soldiers in a setting that does not suggest a particular place. Instead, the yellow background with various insects…