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Esther BenSimon
Jerusalem Wall Hanging Hand Embroidered tapestry Israeli Craft Judaica Folk Art

1985

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  • Jerusalem Wall Hanging Hand Embroidered tapestry Israeli Craft Judaica Folk Art
    By Esther BenSimon
    Located in Surfside, FL
    This is an artistic weaving depicting the old city of Jerusalem. Signed in Hebrew and dated verso. it is all Hand Woven. Esther Bensimon is a native of Argentina. She graduated from ...
    Category

    1980s Folk Art Mixed Media

    Materials

    Wool, Cotton

  • Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging Olga Fisch
    By Olga Fisch
    Located in Surfside, FL
    Olga Fisch ( American 1901-1990) Hummingbird and Pendant Flower, hand woven and stitched wool and sequins, signed lower right. Dimensions: 58 x 32 in. Olga Fisch was born in Hungary, studied in Germany and lived in Morocco and Ethiopia before receiving asylum as a Jewish refugee in Ecuador in 1939. For her Indian-inspired designs, Mrs. Fisch uses natural black and white sheep...
    Category

    20th Century Folk Art More Art

    Materials

    Wool

  • Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool, Metal Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging
    By Olga Fisch
    Located in Surfside, FL
    Olga Fisch was born in Hungary, studied in Germany and lived in Morocco and Ethiopia before receiving asylum as a Jewish refugee in Ecuador in 1939. For her Indian-inspired designs, Mrs. Fisch uses natural black and white sheep...
    Category

    1950s Folk Art More Art

    Materials

    Wool

  • Hungarian Israeli Tourists Diorama Folk Art Doll Judaica Sculpture Magda Watts
    Located in Surfside, FL
    Magda Watts (Israeli, b. 1928) Handmade Folk Art Sculpture Old Folks with a newspaper Hand signed to underside, Dimensions: 12"h x 14.5" l x 7.5"d. Mag...
    Category

    20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Mixed Media, Wood, Fabric

  • Hungarian Israeli Tourists Diorama Folk Art Doll Judaica Sculpture Magda Watts
    Located in Surfside, FL
    Magda Watts (Israeli, b.1928) Handmade Folk Art Sculpture Tourists. Hand signed to underside, Dimensions: 12"h x 14.5" l x 7.5"d. Magda Watts, Holocau...
    Category

    20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Wood, Fabric, Mixed Media

  • Rare Vintage Hasidic Wedding Jerusalem Wood Judaica Art Sculpture Frank Meisler
    By Frank Meisler
    Located in Surfside, FL
    Rare Vintage unusual piece. A cute couple, Chassidic bride and groom in their wedding best. Frank Meisler has sculpted the city of Jerusalem, its walls and buildings culminating in the Temple Mount. There is a little hole in his hand for the flower that is currently missing but can easily be filled with any small sprig FRANK MEISLER Gdansk, Poland - Israel, b. 1929 Frank Meisler (born 1929) is an Israeli architect and sculptor. He was born in Germany, grew up in England, before moving to Israel in 1960. Meisler was born into a Jewish family in Danzig (then in Germany, now Gdańsk in Poland). He was evacuated from Germany by the Kindertransport in August 1939, travelling with 14 other Jewish children via Berlin to the Netherlands and then to Liverpool Street station in London. His parents were arrested three days after his departure, held in the Warsaw Ghetto and later murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was raised by a grandmother, who lived in London. He attended school in Harrow, and then did national service in the Royal Air Force. He studied architecture at the University of Manchester, and was involved in the construction of the Heathrow Airport. Meisler moved to Israel in 1960, where he has a workshop in the Old City of Jaffa. He makes small Judaica sculptures, and also large public works. His public works include a memorial to Ben Gurion in Israel, a statue "Eternal Kiev" in Kiev, and a series of Kindertransport memorials: "Kindertransport - the arrival" erected at Liverpool Street station in London in 2006, "Trains to life, trains to death" erected at Friedrichstraße station in Berlin in 2008, "The departure" erected at Gdańsk Główny station in 2009, and "Crossing to life" erected at the Hook of Holland in 2011. Each includes bronze statues of a group of children, with luggage. Known for his whimsical Folk Art, Judaic sculptures he is a long time denizen of Jaffa along with Ilana Goor. He made large-scale sculptures commemorating various historical figures, including Joseph Stalin, Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill at the 1945 Yalta Conference, and Christopher Columbus. Meisler also worked on a smaller scale, producing menorah, Jerusalem fountains, Jewish figurines...
    Category

    20th Century Folk Art Sculptures

    Materials

    Fabric, Wood

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