Lionel S. Reiss 1894, Jaroslaw, Poland - 1988, Ney York, USA Jews Sifting Flour, North Africa, 1920s RARE, Original Hand-Signed Watercolor and Ink
Artist Name: Lionel S. Reiss Title: Jews Sifting Flour, North Africa, 1920s. RARE! Signature Description: Hand-signed lower right Technique: Watercolor and ink on paper Image Size: 24 x 30 cm / 9.45" x 11.81" inch Frame: Matted and framed Condition: Very good condition.
Lionel S. Reiss (1894 -1988) was
a Polish-American Jewish painter born in Jaroslaw, Poland (then
in the Austro-Hungarian Empire), and grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan where
he studied commercial art. Reiss became known for his portraits of Jewish
people and landmarks in Jewish history, which he made during his trip
to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East in the early 1920s. At the dawn of the Holocaust in 1938, Reiss,
who had long returned to the United States, published his book My
Models Were Jews, in which he illustratively argued that there is no such
thing as a "Jewish ethnicity", but the Jewish people are rather
a cultural group, whereby there is significant diversity within Jewish
communities and between different communities in different geographical
regions.
Today Reiss' art has been collected by many institutions,
including the Brooklyn Museum; Bezalel Museum, Israel; Jewish
Theological Seminary of America; the Smithsonian Institution, Jewish
Museum, and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Shipping&Handling: All items are sent through registered mail or by EMS - Fast delivery service, both operated by the Israel Post (up to 4-5 business days), depends on the weight and measures of the purchased item. You may add insurance for the item with an additional fee. Please e-mail us for other shipping methods.
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