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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Kotarba, Jan Birth - Death : Active circa 1850 Nationality : Polish Kotarba studied painting in Cracow from 1850. It is not known whether he pursued an artistic career afterwards. Kotsis, Aleksander Birth - Death : 1836-1877 Nationality : Polish Kotsis painted some portraits of rabbis during his career. Kottler, Moses Birth - Death : 1896-? Nationality : German then South African Kottler came to South Africa with his family at 13 and then studied painting at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem before going to Munich in 1912. He then worked as a sculptor in Paris between 1914 and 1916, the year he returned to South Africa. Kouliche, Michel Birth - Death : 1922- Nationality : French Kouliche studied painting in Paris and worked under the influence of Kisling and Mane-Katz whom he befriended. He exhibited his works in France, the U.S, Canada and Belgium. Kovacs, Arpad Birth - Death : 1948- Nationality : Hungarian Painter. Kovacs, Gina Birth - Death : 1878-? Nationality : Hungarian Painter. Kovalio-Eytan, Iris Birth - Death : Active from the last third of the 20th Century Nationality : Israeli Painter. Koves, Izso Birth - Death : 1853-1917 Nationality : Hungarian Painter. Kovner, Michael Birth - Death : 1948- Nationality : Israeli Kovner studied at New York Studio School between 1972 and 1975 with Philip Guston, Mercedes Matter and Steven Sloman and has been active as a painter in Jerusalem. Kovner, Saul Birth - Death : 1904-1982 Nationality : American Painter. Kovner, Theodore Birth - Death : 1895-? Nationality : Ukrainian Theodore Kovner studied painting in Saint Petersburg in 1912 and settled in 1923 in France, where he exhibited his works in many Paris Salons. Kowalski, Alfred Wierusz Birth - Death : 1849-1915 Nationality : Polish Kowalski painted some Judaic scenes in Poland. Kowarski, Felicjan Szczesny Birth - Death : 1890-1948 Nationality : Polish Kowarski depicted the sufferings of the Jewish people in some of his paintings. Kowner, Jozef, Zelman Gotlieb Birth - Death : 1895-1967 Nationality : Polish Kowner produced drawings in the ghetto of Lodz. Some of these are now in the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw. He exhibited for the first time in Lodz in 1928 showing Symbolic compositions and still lifes. He was member of the “Start” group. According to certain sources an artist named Jozef Kowner was murdered in 1943 in Lodz. Kozakiewicz, Antoni Birth - Death : 1841-1929 Nationality : Polish Kozakiewicz produced some works depicting Jewish scenes. Kozma, Istvan J. Birth - Death : 1937- Nationality : Hungarian Painter. Kozma, Lajos Birth - Death : 1884-1948 Nationality : Hungarian Graphic artist. Kraemer Birth - Death : Early 20th Century Nationality : British Painter. Krafft S. van Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : Dutch Van Kraff produced some works depicting Jewish scenes. Krajcberg, Frans Birth - Death : 1921- Nationality : Polish then Brazilian Krajcberg studied painting in Vitebsk between 1940 and 1941 just before the Nazis exterminated his family. He pursued his studies in 1945 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, where he met Baumeister and discovered the works of the Bauhaus' artists. He then settled in Brazil in 1948 and went in 1958 to Paris, where he met Chagall, Sonia Delaunay, Braque and Dubuffet. Krajcberg, who returned to Brazil in 1964, exhibited his works in Paris, Sao Paulo, Jerusalem, Zurich and Bahia. After producing Expressionist works, he turned to lyrical abstract painting. Krajcberg also worked as a sculptor.

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