Distinguished Artist, Daughter of Zionist Pioneer Maxa Nordau Ellen Cherow Wed to Melvin R. Moore to me as a sleeping child. When I Russell Street. Another one of her ed in colour. She frequently re- turns to the landscape of Israel BY JOSEF FRAENKEL actually met Miriam Beer-Hof- drawings shows Nordau surround- faces, subjects which Jewish News Special mann for the first time, I could ed by women and children, the and Jewish Correspondent in London give scope both to her represen- Maxa Nordau is the only child hardly believe that she could be a women pointing and the children tational powers and to her char- of Max Nordau, Theodor Herzl's grown-up woman. For me both acteristic style. most loyal and devoted friend. A Maxa and Miriam remained "eter- Late in 1963 a new edition of prophet of modern Zionism, author nal children", always refusing to "Fairy-Tales for Maxa," illustrated of philosophical and Zionist area- go to sleep unless coaxed with an- by her, appeared in France. Inci- tises, Nordau also wrote a volume other fairy-tale or lullaby. dentally, it seems rather surpris- Maxa Nordau, one of the "eter- "Fairy Tales for 3.11axa." I have ing that no Hebrew translation of nal children", is today not only often read these stories and in Max Nordau's work has so far a grown-up woman but the moth- been published in Israel. er of a daughter, a journalist, In 1964, 26 of Maxa's paintings Claudine, Max Nordau's only were shown at the Ben Uri Art grandchild. Her husband, Claude Gallery in London. Again, t h e Gruenblat-Nordau, was an early leitmotif was the beauty of Israel: pioneer in Palestine and one of on the one hand, views of Tiberias, the first Jewish pilots to fight in Elath, Abu Gosh, Tel Aviv and France during the First World Jerusalem; on the other, a Sabra, War. a young David, the picture of a Maxa Nordau bears a striking kibbutz and the well-known por- MRS. MELVIN MOORE resemblance to her father, not only trait of Max Nordau. Her pictures in her features but also in her are full of vitality and movement Ellen Kay Cherow became the movements and manner of speak- and provide an illustrated record bride of Melvin Robert Moore in ing. She is a painter of merit, and of Israel. a recent ceremony at Temple her frequent exhibitions are re- Maxa Nordau is a writer and Beth El. Their parents are Mr. ceived with critical approval; her orator as well as a painter — in and Mrs. Abe Cherow of Coyle pictures are to be found in muse- short, she is a worthy daughter of Ave., and Mr. and Mrs. Harry urns and art galleries as well as Max Nordau. In 1943 she pub- Moore of Wareham Ave., Hunt- among private collections in many lished jointly with her mother, ington Woods. countries. Anna Nordau, what is to date the After a honeymoon on the East best existing biography of Max Nor- Coast, the newlyweds will live in fig: Born in Paris, Maxa's artistic dau. She herself continues her fa- Redford Township. gifts manifested themselves from MAXA NORDAU ther's work; what he revealed to an early age, but Nordau at first the Jewish people with his pen, variably visualized Maxa as a small opposed a career in painting. How- PLANNING A she conveys by means of her and pretty child. Many years later ever, he eventually gave way and palette. painter's brush and in the end took great pride in WEDDING, BAR MITI V ATI I discovered one of these fables in Maxa, the artist. She went to art MAXA AND HER MOTHER OR SOCIAL FUNCTION? a German school book and still school and studied with Jules Ad- One should not relate the good imagined Maxa as a child—some- moving towards Jerusalem. She qualities of his friend, for speak- Maria Lop- Jose how it seemed impossible to think ler and later with ez Mezquita. These masters helped further designed the book jacket ing of his good qualities will bring of her growing up. for Meir Ben Horin's "Max Nor- up his bad qualities.—Baba dau," showing him against the Likewise, when reading Richard Bathra 165. Beer-Hofmann's beautiful "Lulla- background of a Magen David. SHAAREY SHOMAYIM SYN. heroine, appeared 14200 W. 10 MILE by," Miriam, the Vladimir Jabotinsky once Want The Best? OR ANY SYNAGOGUE asked her to illustrate a Hebrew IN THE CITY Ask the Folks Who've Had text-book for children on good CALL THE GOTTHEIL'S AT and bad manners. One drawing SAM BARNETT LI 3-3342 illustrated how not to eat fish and His Orchestra REASONABLE PRICES (with one's fingers). Later, Jabo- NO EXTRA CHARGES FOR THE SYNAGOGUE LI 1-2563 tinsky told her that her illustra- tions had been so effective that the children learnt the_ wrong COHEN, ZAGER & REZNICK—Proprietors of manners .. . Maxa Nordau's name often crops up in art journals, particularly in France. Her exhibitions in the Paris Salons (Salon d'Automne, KOSHER MEAT & POULTRY MARKET Salon des Independants, Salon So- ciete Coloniale Nouveau, Galerie Zivy, Galerie Simonson, Galerie Carmine, Ancienne Galerie Jo Hes- * Fresh Cut-Up Chicken Parts sel, Galerie Ror Volmar, Galerie * Ready Made Hamburger Patties Christiane Vincent, etc.) were well- DR. MAX NORDAU * City Chicken received by sophisticated critics, * Oven Ready Turkeys her to develop her gifts and she and she has the same welcome in * Rolettes Boneless Chicken Breasts * soon evolved an individual style. Madrid, New York, Budapest. Tel *Veal Patties *Veal for Scallopini After exhibiting in Madrid, she had Aviv, and, lastly, in London. her first one-man show in Paris. I first saw her pictures at the * Hamburger Steaks Since then her works have been Paris International Exhibition of *Minute Steaks 1937 when Maxa Nordau showed a widely shown and praised. wide selection of landscapes and Maxa Nordau paints both land- scapes and portraits. Among her portraits in the "Pavillon d'Israel drawings was one of her father. en Palestine." There were pictures A portrait of Nordau—often re- of flourishing settlements, orange produced in Jewish newspapers groves, the Old City of Jerusalem, and Zionist books—also hangs in Tiberias, Jaffa and Tal Aviv; there the "Weizmann Room" at Great was a "Chalutz" wielding his spade like a gun; a "Chalutzah" with laughing eyes and multi-coloured flowers; "Bucherian Women" in their traditional garb; a young "Yemenite," immersed in studies, and a "Portrait of a Mother" in c mourning, her lips compressed, shown against a background of 3-4 lbs. flowers and branches in thorns. 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