Obrazy z getta Samuela Hirszenberga
Pictures from the ghetto by Samuel Hirszenberg

Author(s): Irmina Gadowska
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Architecture, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Jewish art; Samuel Hirszenberg; Polish painting in 19th century; art in Łódź
Summary/Abstract: The oeuvre of Lodz-born Samuel Hirszenberg (1865–1908) includes paintings diverse in genre and style: from genre paintings, through portraits, landscapes, tosymbolic representations. The article describes selected works with Jewish themes, de-picting daily life in the Diaspora, often addressing the ideological crisis experiencedby Jewish communities at the turn of the 20th century. The cited excerpts from texts and reviews devoted to the painter, published in the press of the time, provide insight into the reception of the paintings, shedding additional light on how his artistic explo-rations and achievements were perceived and evaluated.

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