THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, September 12, 1958-58 Sol By ROBERT Node!, Illuminating Artist, Successful in His Anachronistic Work APPLE studio on 72nd Street in the heart of that most materialistic Anyone who associates true of urban centers, Manhattan. Sol Nodel himself is about as artistic creativity with a gar- ret in Paris inhabited by a surly far from such a stereotype of and undernourished eccentric the artist as could be imagined. would almost certainly overlook Well-tailored and affable, he is Sol Nodel in his business-like much faster with a quip or a reasonably fragrant joke than (Copyright 1.958 Seven Arts Feature Syndicate) Season's Greetings New Year Greetings LA RONDE PIZZERIA CHECKER BAR-13:Q. ITALIAN DINNERS Carry-Out Service and Delivery Open Daily 11 a.m.: Sunday, 4 p.m.—Closed Mondays 13635 W. 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A casual glance at the work done in his studio might lead to a classification of the resi- dent as simply another com- mercial artist perhaps an un commonly able one, capable for instance of producing brochures for corporations certain to be appreciated by the at directors o f Madison Ave- nue. Further inquiry would reveal that his principal ac- tivity and source of in- come is the preparation of scrolls, those astonish - ingly popular testimon- Nodel ials for the living. Few indeed are the dig- nitaries honored by Jewish or- ganizations who have not re ceived one of Sol Nodel's beau- tiful scrolls. The fact is that this 46-year- old son of a rabbi is considered by authorities on illuminated manuscripts to be the greatest living illuminator in the United States and possibly in the world. Illumination is an art form which goes back to the period long before the invention of movable type. The artists of the pre-Renaissance period who used the method recorded the ideas, history and faith of their times in hand-lettered texts em- bellished with intricate designs and tiny illustrations done in brilliant colors and ornamented with gold and silver — hence the name of the art. During the past four cen- turies, illumination became largely a lost art. Few men have had the desire, talent, and extra- ordinary patience to work with this technique. Nodel is one. After years of experimentation and research, Nodel succeeded in duplicating the , illuminating techniques of the monks of medieval times ; including the use of the quill pen, the method of applying gold, the treatment of parchment and the use of inks and pigment. This was the only way to become an illum- inator because there are no art schools for this craft in the United States. Nodel's h o b b 37 is portrait painting on a large canvas. His portrait of his father-in-law hangs in Jerusalem. He has also done Judge Philip Simon, the late Chaim Nachman Blank, conductor Laszlo Halasz and many others in oil. He also plays the violin, designs and refin- ishes furniture, paints murals in his home and decorates his wife Shulamith's handsome cakes. Inanother respect, Nodel is definitely not the impractical, other-world type which is also part of the popular stereotype of the artist. He is a shrewd stu- dent of the workaday world and his wife's role as unofficial busi- ness manager of No del the Artist is by no means a case of providing Sol with a service he is incapable of providing for himself; rather it is a case of freeing him to devote his time to creative effort. This is probably the principle reason why Nodel has been able, at an comparatively early age for an artist, to achieve inter- national eminence in a rather exotic f ield— illumination — while still collecting enough commissions so that the prob lem of the penniless artist is not his problem. But there is enough of the true artistic spirit in Sol Nodel so that he yearns to do one great work which could not be undertaken without seriously interrupting the indispensable routine of making a living. He has, among other projects, long dreamed of undertaking a com- plete illumination of the entire Psalms. This would necessitate research in Europe and then set- tlement in Israel where the actual illuminating would be done at the site of the sources of the Psalmists. If Sol Nodel suffers at all as the unfulfilled artist is his stu- dio on 42nd Street, it is because of the possibilities of achieving these life-long dreams of neces- sity be kept in abeyance under the pressure of studio commit- ments. Best Wishes on New Year's Best Wishes for A. Happy New Year Vacuum Cleaners Service Shop NATE RUBIN & CO. Detroit's Largest Repair and Service Center ALL MAKES REBUILT 17801 JOHN R N. of 6 Mile TO 9-4222 2426 SCOTTEN TA 5-0275 New Year's Greetings to All I. 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