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Much of Adler’s work has a Jewish subject. In his native Poland, it was customary for small bands of players to go from house to house performing skits on the holiday of Purim. The group of figures in…
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Jankel Adler
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1931
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I lived, but as for living I was shiftless in my life,
knew always I’d be buried here when all was done,
that year layers itself upon year, clod on clod, stone on stone,
that in the chill and wormy…
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Miklós Radnóti
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Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1937
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In this cubist-influenced self-portrait, the artist has painted herself reflected in a mirror, perhaps a symbol of a divided self. The upturned vessels on the table communicate a sense of upheaval…
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Sofia Dymshits-Tolstaya
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Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1915
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In the interwar period, Liebermann’s portraits were highly sought after by the wealthy. He also produced many self-portraits. This one, painted when he was in his seventies, portrays him as a self…
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Max Liebermann
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Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1920
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The rough-hewn sculptures that Epstein created early in his career, like that of the painter Jacob Kramer (1892–1962), departed from the conventions of classical Greek sculpture in a radical way that…
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Jacob Epstein
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Leeds, United States of America
Date:
1921
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Petlin was known for his narrative art and for depicting subjects drawn from his own personal history. Weisswald (White Forest) is a series of nine paintings almost all of which are set on what looks…
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Irving Petlin
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1987
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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…
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Else Lasker-Schüler
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
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ca. 1912
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Apokalyptische Landschaft is one of a series of cityscapes that Ludwig Meidner painted between 1912 and 1916. He was influenced by the work of the Italian Futurists and their depictions of the…
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Ludwig Meidner
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1913
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Though Jacob Steinhardt came to be best known for his woodcuts depicting biblical and Jewish subjects, this print, made during World War I, evokes the horrors he witnessed on the battlefield. Much of…
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Jakob Steinhardt
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
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1913–1914
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Marc Chagall’s newspaper vendor, whose pouch holds both Yiddish and Russian newspapers, looks worried. The sky is an alarming red, and the news is not good. The first world war has begun. Chagall…
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Marc Chagall
Places:
Vitebsk, Russian Empire (Vitebsk, Belarus)
Date:
1914