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    Artist

  • Struck, Hermann, 1876-1944

    • Title

  • Jerusalem [and the Mount of Olives]

  • Physical Description

    Watercolor ; 6.3" x 9.6" (16 x 25 cm.) ; with mat: 14" x 18" (36 x 46 cm.)

  • Date

    1931

  • Summary

    A view across the top of the Dome of the Rock toward Mount of Olives. Signed lower right.

  • Subject

    Nineteen twenties

  • Place

    Jerusalem

  • Genre

    Landscapes

  • Medium

    Watercolors; Drawings

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Biographical/Historical Information

Struck was a master of etching and book illustration. He taught the art of printmaking to Marc Chagall, Max Liebermann and Arno Nadel and his monograph on the art of etching is a classic in the field. Struck was both an Orthodox Jew and a Zionist, however, his outlook on the world was decidedly cosmopolitan. This is also evident in his countless portraits, from Friedrich Nietzsche to Sigmund Freud, and impressions from his wide travels. While on service in the German Army during WW 1 he came into contact with the Jewish Communities of Galicia and Lithuania. During this time he created a series of sketches in Eastern Europe, which he later turned into a book together with Arnold Zweig, titled "The Face of East European Jewry". In 1923 he emigrated to Palestine, where he taught at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem.

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Struck, Hermann: Jerusalem [and the Mount of Olives], Leo Baeck Institute, 78.450.