Ephraim Moses Lilien
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Movement | Bezalel school |
Maurycy "Ephraim Moses" Lilien (Polish:
Biography
Maurycy Lilien was born in 1874 in
As a member of the
Lilien attended the Fifth
Art career
Lilien was one of the two artists to accompany Boris Schatz to what is now
Lilien is known for his famous photographic portrait of Theodor Herzl. He often used Herzl as a model, considering his features a perfect representation of the "New Jew."[5] In 1896, he received an award for photography from the avant-garde magazine Jugend. Lilien illustrated several books. In 1923, an exhibition of his work opened in New York.[3]
Lilien's illustrated books include Juda (1900), Biblically themed poetry by Lilien's Christian friend,
Lilien died in Badenweiler, Germany in 1925. A street in the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem is named for him.
Gallery
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"Sunflower" (Sonnenblume), Jugend, Berlin, 1893
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Ex libris Stefan Zweigc. 1900
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"The Queen of Sabbath", from Juda, Berlin, 1900-1
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"The Silent Song" from Juda, 1900–1.[6]
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'May our eyes behold your return in mercy to Zion, Fifth Zionist Congress souvenir, Basel, 1901.[7]
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Theodor Herzl in Basel, 1901
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Ost und West, 1903
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Homage to the victims of thefirst Chișinău pogrom, 1903.[8]
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Jewish child from Lieder des Ghetto, 1903
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"Zion", Lieder des Ghetto, 1903
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Ex librisBoris Schatz, 1905
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Emblem of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, 1906
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An Allegorical Wedding: Sketch for a carpet Triptych (from right to left): Exile, Marriage, Redemption, 1906
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Portrait, photograph, 1906
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Joshua, 1908
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Abraham, 1908
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Balaam, [1908]
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Dybbuk, [1908]
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Kotel (Western Wall), 1910
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In the Library, engraving, 1915
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Learning Talmud, engraving, 1915
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Figures, photograph, c. 1918
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The Samaritan, engraving, c. 1920
References
- ^ a b Haim Finkelstein, Lilien and Zionism Archived 2004-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4– via Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ a b On Ephraim Moses Lilien Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0814319475. p. 59.
- ^ "Artistic Expressions of the Jewish Renaissance". George Washington University Libraries. Archived from the original on 2014-06-24.
- ^ Levussove, New Art of an Ancient People: Lilien, p. 12: "The Silent Song".
- ^ Image published in Ost und West, Berlin, January 1902, 17-18.
- ^ Image published in Ost und West, December 1904, 848-850.
External links
- Ephraim Lilien collection at the Israel Museum.
- "Ephraim Moses Lilien". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum.
- Art of Ephraim Moses Lilien at Europeana. Retrieved May 2018.
- Illustrations in "Lieder des Ghetto".
- Ephraim Moses Lilien Collection Archived 2014-07-11 at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York.