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permanent collection (pieces were
sold to meet expenses) and nowhere
to exhibit what remained. But chang-
ing tastes have made folk art popular.
Now the museum boasts the West Side
gallery; plans to build a 22-story
museum-headquarters on 53rd Street,
where it owns six brownstones; spon-
sors visiting exhibits around the coun-
try; and owns three gift shops and a
magazine.
The new museum headquarters
would include exhibition galleries,
library, classroom space and offices.
Wertkin said the museum would con-
tinue to operate its West Side gallery
even when the headquarters is com-
pleted, some time in the next decade.
One of the artists whose popularity
assures the museum's continued suc-
"Folk art is art produced by
people reflecting a
community."
cess is the late Harry Lieberman, who
was born, grew up and studied for the
rabbinate in Poland before moving to
the United States in 1910. Lieberman
operated a candy store on the Lower
East Side for most of his life. After he
retired at 80, Lieberman took an art
class for senior citizens, and began
painting biblical and midrashic scenes.
He died at age 98.
His painting of the Book of Esther,
depicting on one side King Ahasveros
holding out his scepter so Esther can
enter and plead for the Jewish nation's
survival, while outside Mordechai and
other Jews pray for her success, is part
of the museum's permanent collection.
On the back of each painting, Lieber-
man describes the scene he has
depicted. He paints with flashy colors,
no perspective and his figures look like
those a child would draw. It's difficult
for someone who is not a connoisseur
of folk art to understand what makes
his paintings great, but Stacey
Hollander, guest curator for the
museum's anticipated 1992 exhibition
of Lieberman's works, said there is a
sophistication to the works.
"It may be child-like but it's not
childish," she says." "This man
brought an entire lifetime of religious
tradition and experiences to his work.
He experienced pain. He had a very
strong sense of rhythm. His paintings