(Israeli village) by Noemi (Naomi) Schindler
(Israeli village)
Noemi (Naomi) Schindler
Title
(Israeli village)
Artist
Noemi (Naomi) Schindler
1919 - 1991 (biography)Year
c. 1955
Technique
woodcut
Image Size
17 x 11 3/4" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
21 of 60
Annotations
21/60, plus other difficult to read inscriptions
Reference
Paper
ivory M.B.M. France laid
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
21408
Price
$275.00
Description
Known primarily as a sculptor Israeli artist Noemi (Naomi) Schindler (1919-1991) was also an accomplished printmaker, working mostly with woodcut. She had emigrated to Israel from Berlin in 1936. In Israel she studied with Moshe Sternschuss, Yitzhak Danziger and Rudi Lehman. Schindler moved to Paris in 1965, where she continued her studies, and died there in 1991.
The subject of this expressionistic woodcut is a village in Israel, with 3 rabbis about to cross a bridge that spans a stream. The impression initialed "PJ" in the lower left image and is signed in pencil in Hebrew in the lower right margin.