Samuel Hirszenberg, 1865-1908: A Polish Jewish Artist in Turmoil

by Richard I. Cohen and Mirjam Rajner

Samuel Hirszenberg is an artist who deserves to be more widely known: his work intertwined modernism and Jewish themes, and he influenced later artists of Jewish origin.

Born into a traditional Jewish family in L dź in 1865, Hirszenberg gradually became attached to Polish culture and language as he pursued his artistic calling. Like Maurycy Gottlieb before him, he studied at the School of Art in Krak w, which was then headed by the master...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789621933
• ISBN13: 9781789621938
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.8"