Around Jewish Art

The seemingly effortless process by which a suitable title is selected for an encyclopedia such as this became exponentially more complex and difficult as I explored the available options and heard the mounting arguments from all sides. Finding the right mix of words was crucial. After pondering the subject for several months in an effort to arrive at the best possible title, I finally opted for "Around Jewish Art."

PART I
Artists of Jewish Extraction Who Did Not Paint Judaic Scenes

PART 2
List of artists of Jewish extraction who painted Jewish scenes or whose works came to reflect their attachment to their roots.

PART III
There were also some non-Jewish artists who painted Judaic and Jewish scenes or went to work in Palestine and those who exhibited in Jewish institutions and museums as well as others who have not been identified as being Jewish for sure.

PART IV
Sculptors and medallists
Probably because of a reference in the Bible to Abraham destroying statues of pagan gods, Jewish artists refrained from producing sculptures representing humans until at least the 19th Century. It was only after 1880, when many Jews benefited from the emancipation process in Central and Eastern Europe that they felt inclined to turn to this form of art.
Many Jewish artists worked as sculptors during the 19th and 20th Century, some of them became quite famous like Chana Orlov, Jacques Lipchitz, Elie Nadelman or Jacob Epstein among others.

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Cahana, Alice Lok Birth - Death : 1929- Nationality : Hungarian then American A Holocaust survivor of Auschwitz, Gusen and Bergen-Belsen, she was educated in Israel, Sweden and the United States. Living in Texas, she worked as a painter and poetess. Cahen, Alfred Birth - Death : 19th-20th Century Nationality : Belgian Alfred Cahen worked as a portrait painter in Brussels during the early 1900s. Cahen, Denise Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : French Sculptor. Denise Cahen exhibited busts at the Salon des Artistes Francais in 1921 and 1922. Cahen, Eugene Birth - Death : 19th-20th Century Nationality : French Eugene Cahen painted city scenes and exhibited his works at the Salon des Independants in Paris. Cahen, Mathilde Birth - Death : 19th-20th Century Nationality : French Mathilde Cahen exhibited drawings at the White and Black exhibition in 1892 in Paris. Cahen, Rosine Birth - Death : 19th-20th Century Nationality : French Rosine Cahen produced engravings and drawings after studying under Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury and Giacomotti. She exhibited her works at the Black and White exhibition of 1886 in Paris and later at the Salon des Artistes Francais. Cahen, Sara Marguerite Birth - Death : 19th-20th Century Nationality : French Sara Cahen produced miniatures mainly. She exhibited her works in Paris in 1900. Cahen, Xavier Birth - Death : 1962- Nationality : French This artist has been producing installations since 1996 in Paris. Cahen-Michel, Lucien Birth - Death : 1888-1979 Nationality : French Cahen-Michel painted landscapes and still lifes and worked also as a printmaker. Cahen-Michel exhibited his works at the Salon des Artistes Francais and the Salon des Independants from the early 1920s. Cahn or Cahn-Debre Marcelle Birth - Death : 1895-1981 Nationality : French Marcelle Cahn studied art in Strasbourg and then during the First World War in Berlin, where she frequented the Der Sturm\" group. She went to Paris in 1919 and met Munch in Zurich in 1922. She then studied under Leger and Ozenfant in Paris in 1925 and took part in several exhibitions in France and abroad. Cahn Marcelle was one of the precursors of geometrical abstraction during the 1930s but had little success during her lifetime though she strove to perfect her style and to define purer forms. Affected by a severe illness, she limited herself to producing collages at the end of her life. " Cahn, Miriam Birth - Death : 1949- Nationality : American Painter. Miriam Cahn met success at the ArtBasel fair in June 2000. Cahn, Raymonde Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : French Raymonde Cahn produced pastel works during Her career. Calin-Els, Eveline Linica Birth - Death : 1925- Nationality : Rumanian then Israeli Calin-Els studied painting at the Jewish Art School in Bucharest between 1942 and 1945 and then sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts there until 1948. She took part in several group exhibitions in Rumania, Israel, Italy and Czechoslovakia and had her first solo exhibition in Bucharest in 1969 and then another in Israel, where she eventually settled and worked as a painter and sculptor. Calin-Els, Eveline Linica Birth - Death : 1925- Nationality : Rumanian then Israeli Calin-Els studied at the Jewish Art School in Bucharest between 1942 and 1945 and then sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts there until 1948. She took part in several group exhibitions in Rumania, Israel, Italy and Czechoslovakia and had her first solo exhibition in Bucharest in 1969 and then another in Israel, where she eventually settled working as a painter and sculptor. Calisch, Moritz Birth - Death : 1819-1870 Nationality : Dutch Calisch worked as a painter of portraits and historical and genre scenes. Calmet, Augustin Birth - Death : Active during the first half of the 18th Century Nationality : French Calmet published in 1730 a dictionary of the Bible, which contained many illustrations regarding Jewish life. Cals, Adolphe Felix Birth - Death : 1810-1880 Nationality : French Cals notably painted a Jewish wedding after a work by Delacroix. Canaletto, Giovanni Antonio Birth - Death : 1697-1768 Nationality : Italian This famous artist represented Jews in one of his paintings showing the Royal Palace of Warsaw. Capa (Friedmann), Kornel called Capa Birth - Death : 1918- Nationality : Hungarian Brother of Endrei Friedmann called Capa, Kornel worked as a photographer. He notably visited Israel several times and covered the Six-Day War in 1967. Capa (Friedmann), Robert Endrei called Capa Birth - Death : 1913-1954 Nationality : Hungarian Robert Capa became famous as a reporting photographer during the Spanish civil war during the 1930s. Many of his works, notably his celebrated print of a Republican fighter shot down in action, were later exhibited around the world. He also covered the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. Co-founder of the Magnum photographic press agency, Robert Capa died on a reporting mission in Indochina in 1954 after stepping on a landmine.

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