Maurice Ascalon
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Maurice Ascalon (Hebrew: מוריס אשקלון; 1913–2003) was an Israeli designer and sculptor. He was, by some accounts, considered the father of the modern Israeli decorative arts movement.
Biography
Moshe Klein (later Maurice Ascalon) was born in eastern
In 1934, after undertaking his formal artistic training in Brussels and later Milan, Maurice Ascalon immigrated to the land of Israel (then the British Mandate of Palestine). There he met his wife-to-be, Zipora Kartujinsky] a Polish-born Jew, granddaughter to the distinguished cartographer and scientist of the same surname. (Zipora, who died in 1982, became a sculptor in her own right late in her life, creating bas reliefs depicting the shtetl life of her childhood).
Art career
In 1939, Maurice Ascalon designed and created the enormous 14-foot-tall (4.3 m) hammered
In the late 1930s, Ascalon founded an Israeli
During the latter part of the 1950s through the 1960s, Maurice resided in New York and Los Angeles. He gained a reputation as a master silversmith, creating for synagogues
In the late 1970s, Ascalon Studios, relocated to the Philadelphia area. It became (and still is today, under the direction of Maurice's son, David Ascalon) a multifaceted art studio dedicated to the design of and creation of site-specific art for worship and public spaces.
In February 2003, Maurice Ascalon celebrated his 90th birthday as a resident of
Maurice Ascalon's commissions include permanent installations at worship and public spaces throughout the United States, Mexico, and Israel. His works have been exhibited at and are among the collections of institutions including the
References
Bibliography
- Schwarz, Jessica; Ha'tell, Aaron (21 June 2010). A Celebration of Light: Treasured Hanukkah Menorahs of Early Israel. Lulu Enterprises Inc. ISBN 978-0-557-13711-4. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- Bull, Donald A. (2009). Figural Corkscrews. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7643-3315-6. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- Ha'Tell, Aaron; Ha'tell, Ari; Ben Or, Yaniv (November 2006). Lighting the way to freedom: treasured Hanukkah menorahs of early Israel. Devora Publishing. ISBN 978-1-932687-66-8. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- Kenaan-Kedar, Nurit (2006). Modern creations from an ancient land: metal craft and design in the first two decades of Israel's independence, from the collection of Vicky Ben-Zioni. Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi/ ISBN 965-217-256-1
- Braunstein, Susan L. (2004). Five centuries of Hanukkah lamps from the Jewish Museum: a catalogue raisonné. Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.). ISBN 978-0-300-10623-7. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- Braunstein, Susan L. (2004). Luminous art: Hanukkah menorahs of the Jewish Museum. Jewish Museum, under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. ISBN 978-0-300-10387-8. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- Aisenberg, Lydia (November 30, 2007). "Enlightening". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- "New Jersey Artist Honored Posthumously in Tel Aviv" New Jersey Jewish News, December 15, 2005 at 50.
- "Jews Who Died in 2003". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. January 2, 2004. Archived from the original on September 28, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- "In the Frame" by Gil Goldfine, The Jerusalem Post, August 15, 2003 p.B14.
- Sculptor Maurice Ascalon Dies" by Barbara Rothschild, The Courier-Post, August 7, 2003 at B1.
- "M. Ascalon Maker of Judaic Art", The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 5, 2003.
- "From Hungary to Israel to South Jersey", by Joanne Palmer, The Jewish Standard, May 24, 2023.
- "Sculpture by Cherry Hill artist that envisioned modern State of Israel is memorialized", by Ezra Solway, The Jewish Community Voice, June 14, 2023.
See also
- Visual arts in Israel
- Brad Ascalon