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    Artist

  • Aschheim, Isidor, 1891-1968

    • Title

  • Two men reading the newspaper

  • Physical Description

    1 drawing : charcoal on paper ; 17 x 12.75 inches ; 43.1 x 33 cm

  • Notes

    Signed by artist in lower right hand corner.

  • Summary

    Image of two men looking at a newspaper together. Both men wear hats and long coats.

  • Subject

    Twentieth century

  • Medium

    Drawings

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Biographical/Historical Information

The painter Isidor Aschheim was born 1891 in Germany. After studying at the Art Academy in Breslau under the important expressionist painter, Otto Mueller, 1919-23, he emigrated to Jerusalem in 1940. From 1943 on, Aschheim taught at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem, serving as its director for some time. Aschheim was awarded the 1951 Diezengoff Prize, the 1955 Jerusalem Art Prize, and he participated in the Venice Biennale in 1956. He was married to the painter Margot Lange-Aschheim, and he died in 1968.

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Citation

Aschheim, Isidor: Two men reading the newspaper, Leo Baeck Institute, 78.1638.