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    Artist

  • Schiff, John, 1907-1976

    • Title

  • Photograph of James N. Rosenberg : painting

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black-and-white ; 8 x 10 inches / 20.5 x 25.5 cm., digital photograph

  • Date

    undated

  • Summary

    The image shwos a photograph of James N. Rosenberg painting a landscape. The verso of the photograph has a John Schiff stamp and "J.N. Rosenberg" written in pencil.

  • Depicted

    Rosenberg, James N., (James Naumburg), 1874-1970

  • Subject

    Lawyers; Portraits; Artists; Painters

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    John (Hans) and Trude Schiff Collection, AR 25082

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

James N. Rosenberg (1874–1970) was a lawyer, artist, humanitarian, and writer. In law, he is remembered for his handling of the collapsed business empire of the so-called "Swedish Match King," Ivar Kreuger. In art, he is remembered for two types of pictures -- realist landscapes of the Adirondack Mountains and more dramatic political scenes, such as 'Dies Irae', a lithograph about the 1929 crash on Wall Street. As a humanist, he worked to protect freedom of speech, end the persecution of minority communities, aid refugees, and mitigate conflict among nations. In this work, he is remembered for leading a group of civic, religious, labor, racial, and business leaders whose single goal was the passage and subsequent ratification of the United Nations Genocide Convention. And he is remembered for his efforts to assist Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany.

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Schiff, John: Photograph of James N. Rosenberg : painting, Leo Baeck Institute, F 160 AR 25082.