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Jacob’s Ladder, painted by Grobman after immigrating to Israel, continues the artistic approach he formulated in the 1960s in the Soviet Union—i.e., “magical symbolism,” which used mystical imagery…
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Mikhail Grobman
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1978
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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…
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David Wakstein
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1999
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Early in his career, Enkaoua painted many landscapes, including a series of scenes of Israel. Many of his impressionistic landscapes seem to hover between abstraction and figurative art. In this one…
Contributor:
Daniel Enkaoua
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
2003
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Borkovsky has said that he prefers to think of his work in terms of “cycles” rather than “series.” One group of artworks from the 1980s and 1990s, from which this work is drawn, is sometimes called…
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Joshua Borkovsky
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1990
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Among the inspirations for Bar Lev’s paintings were American patchwork quilts, Mexican and Native American art, stained-glass windows, Russian constructivism, and pop art. She combined patterns and…
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Jenifer Bar Lev
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1992
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Nocturne was painted after Marcel Janco and his family moved to Palestine. Showing two men ministering to a mortally wounded soldier, surrounded by weeping, lamenting figures, the painting creates a…
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Marcel Janco
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1948
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Hershberg is considered one of the leading realist painters of our time. He has said that a true artist sees reality as a “continual feast, a never-ending delight to the eyes,” and hopes that his…
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Israel Hershberg
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1992
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In the 1980s and 1990s, Lellouche produced a series of large paintings, self-portraits or portraits of one or two people, set in panoramic landscapes. In Self-Portrait at Sunset, the artist has…
Contributor:
Ofer Lellouche
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1993
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The iconography in Pichhadze’s paintings from the 1980s defies easy definition. This untitled work incorporates both abstract and figurative elements. The framed “nature” scene with its butterflies…
Contributor:
Meir Pichhadze
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1987
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Ruth Schloss’s artworks were infused with her commitment to social justice and egalitarianism. This painting of a ma‘abarah (refugee absorption camp), made at a time when the new State of Israel was…
Contributor:
Ruth Schloss
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1953