Mane katz biography graphic organizer
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Mane Katz Art
Rabbis
By Mane Katz
Located in New York, NY
MANE-KATZ RABBIS, c. 1935 Oil on canvas 18 H. x 14 W. 1/2 in. (45.5 x 35.8 cm.) Signed PROVENANCE Dominion Gallery, Montreal Christies, New York, November 04, 1982. Lot 177: $11,000 Private Collection, New Jersey, 1982-2021 Estate of the above, 2021. Raised in an orthodox Jewish family in Russia, Mane-Katz was born in the Ukraine and became an early 20th-century artist, known especially for portraits and paintings with Jewish themes. From childhood, he had been influenced by stories of Jewish mysticism, which was reflected in his paintings. He had a peripatetic life between Russia, France, Israel, and amerika. He first studied art in Kiev at the Beaux Arts Academy, and in 1913, went to Paris where he associated with Chaim Soutine and Marc Chagall and continued his art studies there at the Beaux Arts Academy. During World War I, he tried to join the Foreign Legion but was rejected because he was too short. He went back in
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Maksymilian Goldstein
Maksymilian Goldstein was born to Isaak Hersh Goldstein, a tailor, and Elka Fredli, née Baum, in Lviv in 1880. He worked as a bank clerk. He was fond of numismatics and served as a forensic expert in this field.
In 1910, Maksymilian Goldstein became interested in collecting Jewish cultural artefacts. He founded the Circle of Jewish Art Lovers and was also a member of the Circle of Ancient Culture Lovers (pol. Kółko starożytników), led by historian Franciszek Jaworski, which met daily in the Monopol coffee house and later in the Szkocka coffee house. At that time, no institutions were being created that could preserve Jewish heritage, but it is a very important period because it was then that Maksymilian Goldstein was building his network of contacts and becoming known in Lviv circles.
In 1910, Maksymilian Goldstein was one of the first to propose the idea of creating a museum of Jewish art. He published articles in various magazines describing his proposal
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When is a Signature Not a Signature
01 February 2020
Ernest Thurn. Who? Exactly. He was even forgotten by his students. He's not a household name. One of the countless artists who time and the history books have forgotten. So I had to dig deep to find any information about him. And to debunk some of the information online about him. Let me share what I know so far. Mr. Thurn was born in 1889 in Chicago. He attended University in Chicago and joined an arts club called the Palette and Chisel Club in 1908.
He began appearing in their theatrical events as early as 1911 and would c