Encyclopedia of Jewish American Artists: Artists of the American Mosaic

by Baskind, Samantha

• ISBN13: 9780313336379
• ISBN10: 0313336377
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

Encyclopedia of Jewish American Artists presents over 80 19th- and 20-century Jewish American artists, ranging from the critically neglected Theresa Bernstein, Ruth Gikow, and Jennings Tofel, to the well-known Eva Hesse, Roy Lichtenstein, and Larry Rivers. The subject matter of some of these artists may surprise readers. Adolph Gottlieb designed and supervised the fabrication of a 35-foot wide, four-story high stained glass facade for a synagogue; Louise Nevelson sculpted a Holocaust memorial; and Philip Pearlstein painted a version of Moses with the Tablets of the Law early in his career. Covering painters, sculptors, printmakers, and photographers, as well as artists who engage in newer forms of visual expression such as video, conceptual, and performance art, the book is in part intended to stimulate further scholarship on these artists. When appropriate, entries reveal the influence of the Jewish American encounter on the artists' work along with other factors such as gender and the immigrant experience. In many cases, the artists' own words are employed to flesh out perspectives on their art as well as on their Jewish identity. To that end, the volume contains excerpts from recent interviews conducted by the author with some of the artists, including Judy Chicago, Audrey Flack, Jack Levine, and Sol LeWitt. Illustrations accompanying each artist's entry, some in color, aid this invaluable look at Jewish American art.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
A Brief History of Jewish American Art	p. 1
Eleanor Antin	p. 13
Ida Applebroog	p. 17
Diane Arbus	p. 21
David Aronson	p. 24
Shimon Attie	p. 27
Richard Avedon	p. 30
Saul Baizerman	p. 35
Will Barnet	p. 38
Leonard Baskin	p. 42
Ben-Zion	p. 45
Theresa Bernstein	p. 48
Albert Bloch	p. 51
Hyman Bloom	p. 54
Peter Blume	p. 57
Ilya Bolotowsky	p. 60
Jonathan Borofsky	p. 63
Alice Lok Cahana	p. 67
Solomon Nunes Carvalho	p. 70
Judy Chicago	p. 73
Minna Citron	p. 76
Jo Davidson	p. 81
Jim Dine	p. 85
Alfred Eisenstaedt	p. 89
Jacob Epstein	p. 92
Philip Evergood	p. 97
Moses Jacob Ezekiel	p. 100
Herbert Ferber	p. 105
Audrey Flack	p. 108
Robert Frank	p. 111
Helen Frankenthaler	p. 114
Lee Friedlander	p. 117
Ruth Gikow	p. 121
Leon Golub	p. 123
Adolph Gottlieb	p. 126
William Gropper	p. 129
Chaim Gross	p. 132
Philip Guston	p. 137
Eva Hesse	p. 141
Tobi Kahn	p. 145
Jacob Kainen	p. 148
Alex Katz	p. 151
R.B. Kitaj	p. 154
Lee Krasner	p. 157
Leon Kroll	p. 161
Barbara Kruger	p. 164
Ibram Lassaw	p. 167
Jack Levine	p. 170
Sol LeWitt	p. 173
Roy Lichtenstein	p. 176
Seymour Lipton	p. 178
Morris Louis	p. 181
Louis Lozowick	p. 184
William Meyerowitz	p. 189
Henry Mosler	p. 192
Elie Nadelman	p. 197
Louise Nevelson	p. 200
Arnold Newman	p. 204
Barnett Newman	p. 206
Jules Olitski	p. 211
Philip Pearlstein	p. 215
Irving Penn	p. 218
Archie Rand	p. 221
Abraham Rattner	p. 224
Larry Rivers	p. 227
Mark Rothko	p. 230
Miriam Schapiro	p. 235
George Segal	p. 238
Richard Serra	p. 241
Ben Shahn	p. 245
Mitchell Siporin	p. 248
Aaron Siskind	p. 251
Moses Soyer	p. 254
Raphael Soyer	p. 257
Nancy Spero	p. 260
Harry Sternberg	p. 263
Maurice Sterne	p. 266
Florine Stettheimer	p. 270
Alfred Stieglitz	p. 273
Paul Strand	p. 277
Jennings Tofel	p. 281
Abraham Walkowitz	p. 285
Max Weber	p. 288
Weegee (Arthur Fellig)	p. 292
Garry Winogrand	p. 295
William Zorach	p. 301
Notes	p. 307
Some Initial Reading on Jewish American Art	p. 311
Index	p. 313
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