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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Fabianski, Stanislaw P. Birth - Death : 1865-? Nationality : Polish Fabianski painted some works depicting Jewish scenes in Poland. Fabre, Francois Xavier Birth - Death : 1766-1837 Nationality : French Fabre painted some biblical scenes during his career. Fabrikant Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : French Fabrikant worked as a painter in Paris from the mid 1940s. She competed for the Rome Prize in 1945. Fabritius, Bernaert Birth - Death : Active between 1624 and 1673 Nationality : Flemish Fabritius painted some biblical scenes during his career. Fabritius, Carel Birth - Death : 1622-1654 Nationality : Dutch Carel Fabritius painted biblical scenes during his career. Fagebaume, Michel Birth - Death : 1939- Nationality : French Painter. Inspired by many masters, Fagebaume has participated in several exhibitions in Paris. Fagin, Amy Birth - Death : Active from the last two decades of the 20th Century Nationality : American She has been producing Ketubot mainly. Faibissovitchm, Semion Nathanovitch Birth - Death : 1947 or 1949- Nationality : Russian Faibissovitchm produced works from photos. Faigenbaum, Patrick Birth - Death : 1954- Nationality : French Faigenbaum has been working as an art photographer. Fairman, James Birth - Death : 1826-1904 Nationality : American Fairman was one of the major American painters who went to work in the Holy Land. He painted several scenes in Jerusalem during the second half of the 19th Century. Fajans, Maksymilian Birth - Death : 1827-1890 Nationality : Polish Painter, print-maker and photographer. Fajans studied painting in Warsaw and then in Paris under Ary Scheffer. He became a famous lithographer and set up a printmaking studio in Warsaw. Fajans then painted portraits, notably of several wealthy Jews, landscapes and scenes. Fajans also worked as a photographer. Fajnzgang, Dominique Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : French Painter. Falat, Julian Birth - Death : 1853-1929 Nationality : Polish Falat painted some Judaic portraits and scenes during his career. Falcone, Aniello Birth - Death : 1607-1656 Nationality : Italian Falcone painted some biblical scenes during his career. Falk, Gathie Birth - Death : 1928- Nationality : Canadian Multimedia artist and sculptor. Falk, Nora Birth - Death : 19th-20th Century Nationality : Russian Nora Falk exhibited her paintings at the Salon d'Automne in Paris in 1920. Falk, Robert Rafailovich Birth - Death : 1886-1958 Nationality : Russian Falk studied painting with Korovine in Moscow and first worked under the influence of Cezanne and French Impressionist painters. He befriended Larionov, Natalia Gontcharova and Malevich in the “Knave of Diamonds” group but did not turn to abstract painting. After the Bolshevik Revolution he taught painting in Moscow and also in Vitebsk in 1921. Working later as an expressionist artist, he exhibited his works in the Soviet Union and also in Berlin in 1922 and Paris in 1930 and 1931. He produced stage and costume designs for several plays in Moscow, where he had a solo exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery and met Altman and Soutine during a trip to Paris in 1928, the year he showed his works at the Salon d'Automne and at the Venice Biennale. After the Second World War, Falk was rather ostracized by Soviet authorities for keeping aloof of Social Realism. Falk, Sam Birth - Death : 1903-1970 Nationality : American Photographer. Falk-Stein, Sonia Birth - Death : 1904-? Nationality : Russian Painter. Falkenstein, Claire Birth - Death : 1909-? Nationality : American Falkenstein started a career as a sculptor in 1942 before settling in Paris in 1950. She showed her abstract works in many exhibitions in the U.S, London, Berlin, Rome, Milan and Paris.

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