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. Pavilion, a modern structure munity of artists has settled Moroccan Jews, of Israelis' new
By ROBERT GARELICK
in an abandoned Arab village arts and crafts, which is be-
As an art dealer and an art built through the efforts of which existed for many genera- ginning to show more and more
Helena Rubenstein of New
historian,
the
subject
of
Jewish
historian,
located on busy corner of Mc-
tions on the slopes of Mt. Car- national Israeli characteristics
The Pavillion contains
art has profoundly fascinated
Nichols Road and St. Aubin, 10
mel. This picturesque village, of design and color, where these
an impressive coliection of
years good will built up. All
me
for
some
time.
Since
World
modern equipment. Added in-
War II, and the War of Libera-
with
modern art
and its
one Arab
of the stone houses, sits artists have employed natural
come from rental of 2 stores
astride on a hill overlooking a materials such as the stones of
attached to market. Average in-
tion, culminating in the estab-chief aims, according to the deep
come $450. per week, cash or
valley. The people of Ain Eilat in making beautiful jewel-
lishment of the State of Israel; late Dr. Kolb, director, "has
terms, owner retiring.
sculpture.
Jewish art, or Israeli art, has always been to promote Is- Hod have gathered from all ry and
Some of the sculpture of Is-
parts of the world in order to
CALL TW 3-1944
aroused a tremendous amount raeli art through - one-man
themselves with the rael, subject - matter wise, is
shows and group exhibitions." i identify'
.
of controversy.
The Museion Ha Aretz (Land co-op, and have vested much based on actual experiences of
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In
the
summer
of
1959
I
was
fortunate to go to Israel. I saw of Israel Museum) has an ex- energy and ambition in order to the Jewish people in the West
many artists and museums, get- cellent collection of ceremonial improve it, and to bring it as well as in Israel. I was moved
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objects, mostly from Israel and closer to its new aim, which is very .deeply by the sculpture of
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ting a first hand impression of neighboring countries. a settlement for artists where the great humanist, Nathan
Is-
the
aesthetic
movement
in
Alsc Office Furniture.
The Museum of Ancient Art they live and create, as well as Rapaport. There is one beauti-
rael.
Any time.
of ' a school for arts and crafts. The ful piece of sculpture of a
Israel's
many
important
mu-
in
Haifa
another
museum
Reasonable.
seums and galleries are well antiquities. is The
first aim
of this : co-op consists of 70 members. statue of Mordecai Anilewicz,
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museum is to trace and recover I Its founder and leader is the commander of the Ghetto up-
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in for Israel local works of an- well known Israeli artist, Marcel rising. This monument is in the
attended, and
are active
organizing
all kinds
of exhibi-
washing.
call
Kibbutz Yad Mordecai, a half
FOR . BETTER• wall
James Russell. One day service. tions and cultural activities tiquity art which have disap- I Jancu.
Mr. Jancu, a painter of great mile away from the border of
peared from its country in
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throughout the land.
, renown in Israel and Europe, Egypt. I could see shrapnel
various ways.
The Bezalel National Mu-
TILE
The Museum of Modern Art ' formerly an active member of holes that were left on this
seum in Jerusalem, the oldest
Haifa was established in 1951: the Daddist movement, who, work by the Arabs during the
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in Israel, was founded in in the Haifa Municipality as a : since coming to Israel, has be- war and border raids. Another
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1906
by
Prof.
Boris
Schatz
by
center of contemporary Israeli . come a spokesman of a certain beautiful monument of his was
&I OF D TILE & TERRAZZO CO
(1866-1932) who was a great
art, particularly in the northern.) group of Israeli artists, is in in the Kibbutz Negbah. This
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sculptor and art historian- area of the country.
actuality an outspoken painter monument was created by this
He also established the Beza-
An interesting museum, and I of non-objectivity. His studio is unusual artist in tribute to the
CARPENTER WORK of all kinds—
of
Arts
and
Crafts.
lel
School
Porch. floors. steps, kitchen cabi-
truly the most fascinating to lined with paintings which he children who died defending
nets, doors, panelling. Work my-
The Museum was named after me, was the Museum of Art, has been working on, whose their Kibbutz from the Arab in-
self UN 4-1897.
the Biblical goldsmith and Ein Harod, situated in the col- essence is pure abstract ex- vaders, during the War of Lib-
PAINTING and wall washing. Rea-
architect, Bezalel, the son of lective settlement of Ein Harod. pressionism, and whose content eration.
sonable price Quick service. 20
Uri. In 1925 it was given the
There are painters and
years experience. TE 4-5864.
founder and director in had no relationship that was
name of the Bezalel Jewish Its
sculptors today in Israel
1953 was Haim Atar, a member physically related to Israel.
LOUIE'S Re-upholstering; Repairing.
National
Museum.
Since
1932,
whom
I feel are the true Is-
Satisfaction guaranteed. Reason-
He said he is not interested
of the Kibbutz Ein Harod. The
under the direction of Mor- museum's permanent collection
able. Free estimates. UN 4-3339,
raeli artists, who have the
in
organizing
man
to
a
better
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dechai Narkiss (1897-1957), now numbers 900 paintings,
seed of a national expression
life, but is only concerned
the Museum expanded con- 4,000 drawings, 350 sculptures,
1. SCHWARTZ. All kinds of carpen.
in their work, such artists as
with
esthetic
problems
which
big
or
small
ter work no job too
siderably and it now shows a
Moshe Castel, Mordecai Le-
and 400 examples of Jewish folk he tries to solve in his can-
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large collection of valuable art. Their library contains 15,- vasses. " National art is a vann, Rueben Rubin, Simmon
FURNITURE repairs and refinishing.
exhibitions in all fields of art, 000 volumes of art and nearly
(an artist from a kibbutz),
cliche used by many so-called
Free estimates. Call UN. 4-3547.
extending from Jewish cere-
Shemi, Herman Branderburg,
experts where in actuality
000 reproductions and photos.
monial and folk art, to mod- 10'
Ben
Zvi and many others. ,, ..
Among the Western Jewish national fashions do not exist
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ern Israeli paintings; from painters represented in the Mu- any more, and that art in
The galleries of Israel, and.
primitive African art to ab- seum's collections are Gottleib,
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reality is international in I am referring to the commer--
stract sculpture.
cial galleries, are active, and
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Pissaro, Leiberman, Mane Katz, scope," he said.
When Mr. Narkiss was in Adler, Modigliani, Pascin, Cha-
One cannot overlook the fan- despite economic problems of
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America in 1957, I had the gall, Raphael Soyer, Joseph tastic contributions of the var- the people, they do manage to
pleasure of meeting him at my Floch, Max Weber, William ious ethnical groups that can buy living art of their artists,
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gallery in Detroit, and he kept Gropper, etc. More than 600 be found in Israel, such as the and there are dozens of gal-
NATHAN DeROVEN — First class urging site that if I ever do Jewish artists are represented. Yemenites, the Iraqis, Alger- I leries in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and
painting, decorating, free esti- come to Israel, I should not
ians, Egyptians, and many other I Jerusalem. I have seen some-
mates, work myself. Call evenings miss the Museum, with its fan- Special rooms are devoted to
the works of Manachem Shemi, Jews from various sections of thing beautiful developing in
after 6 p.m., LI 4-5213.
tastic collections of various the painter; Haim Atar, the the world. They all have Israel, and I am sure that in
TOP QUALITY work and materials mediums. I was amazed to find
founder of the Museum, and brought to Israel something of due time the Israeli artists and
painting,
Paper hanging,
only.
plaster repair. Victor Rodrick, TO that the Museum owns some Jacob Lishanski, the sculptor, themselves, and it is beginning sculptors will assume a leading
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800 paintings. They include all of whom lived on kibbutzim. to show up in such ways as the position in the world asthetic
ALTERATIONS and repairs of all very important works of Jewish
The ancient city of Safed beautiful work of the Yemenites movement, providing that Israel
kinds, experienced seamstress. UN artists from all over the world.
has a flourishing and active on jewelry and gold, of the will be allowed to survive as a
UN 4-6920.
Last year, to give an exam- art colony The Israel govern- sculpture and silverware of the nation.
ple of the wide interest of the
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ment gave to the artists
people of Israel-in art and cul- abandoned Arab homes in a
BEAUTIFUL LARGE SPACE ture, the Museum held 34 exhi- section of the city, and they
bitions; ranging from 2000 years
subsequently became artists'
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of Jewish ceremonial art to studios. There are more than
In modern barber shop, all con-
Mexican contemporary graphics.
veniences, for right party, locat-
100 studios in this section.
ed in heart of 7 Mile Road, rea-
These exhibitions are among Each artist has a permanent
sonable rent, air-conditioned,
the
most
important
events
in
rear parking.
one-man show of his work
Jerusalem's cultural life. Last and charges a small fee for
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year about 60,000 people visited
admission.
ACCORDION, 120 bass, used very the Museum, from army camps,
Zvi Livni, whose studio I
little. Cost over $300, will sell $100. kibbutzim, the cities, as well as
visited,
impressed me with sin-
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all party of the country.
cerity and warmth. His paint-
The Tel Aviv Museum, a ings were a genuine reflection
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beautiful structure, was found- of Israel. Livni lived for some
ed by Meyer Dizengoff, founder time in a kibbutz of Hashomer
and first mayor of Tel Aviv. In Hatzair, and was one of the
1930 this dedicated man do- founders of the Kibbutzim Art-
nated his entire fortune, includ- ists Association.
We Stop Any Leak!
ing his residence at 16 Roth-
When I asked if he believes
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the purpose of providing a way towards establishing a na-
center for art, to promote Is- tional art, he replied:
BETTER THAN NEW
raeli painting and sculpture.
"Do you Americans have a
The Museum is active in cul- I national art after existing over
tural
projects,
and
50
to
80
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300 years? You must realize
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travelling exhibitions are const- that we are only 11 years old,
antly
in
circulation
in
schools
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plagued with war, and sur-
and rural settlements. The Mu- rounded by 70 million Arabs.
seum has become a historical Our government must concen-
building in Tel Aviv. Its tri- trate on one vital problem first,
Shown here is "Moses and the Tablets," one of two liaint-
umphant hour arrived on Fri- and that is the survival of ings recently donated to the Jewish Museum of the Jewish
day, May 14, 1948, when the Israel. Our leaders in the gov- Theological Seminary of America.
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Provisional Committee of the ernment know of the problems
State met there to hear the of the Israeli painters, and they
Two paintings,
paintings, Moses and portant addition to the Muse-
reading of the Proclamation of tell us that some day all the the Tablets" by Ben-Zion and a um's'igrowing collection of con-
the Independence of the State walls of our government insti- portrait of Sir Moses Monte- temporary art.
of Israel.
tutions will be decorated by fiore by George Da Maduro,
The portrait of Sir Moses, re-
Next to the Tel Aviv Muse- our Israeli artists. But in the were recently presented to the nowned British communal lead-
um is the Helena Rubenstein
meantime, we must concentrate Jewish Museum of the Jewish er and philanthropist, painted
first on the survival of our land. Theological Seminary of Amer- in his hundreth year (1884) was
I must agree with their think- ica, 92nd Street and Fifth Ave., acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Henry
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ing that our national defense, it is announced by Dr. Stephen L. Moses, also of New York.
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The artist is well known for
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first. Perhaps some day when
The "Moses" was given to the his portraits of distinguished
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we should no longer be plagued museum by Herman L. Blum, of subjects which include Presi-
by aggression and plow up our New York, after it was seen by dent William McKinley, Presi-
swords, then we will- begin to Blum at a retrospective exhibit dent McKinley's mother, Johli
express ourselves in a national of the work of Ben-Zion held Hay and Chief Justice Morrison
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spirit." recently at the museum. The R. Waite.
I visited the artists' co-op painting, executed in 1952 and
Both paintings will be placed
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colony of Ain Hod. This coin- tvalued at $3,000, is a vastly im- on permanent display.
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