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I have been concocting a new art style over the course of this year! But don’t worry, this style isn’t replacing my old one, it is actually just a secondary art style for when I feel like I want to try something different or need a different “Vibe” as it were. And today I want to present to you the first two true pieces that I completed with the finalized aesthetic!

The first piece (Left) is called “Mr. Velt-Wide” and it is meant to be a more positive or playful take on the diaspora, as I am a part of the diaspora and I quite enjoy it! The piece depicts a Jewish man wearing all black holding a suitcase with a Magen David on it, he is tipping his hat and winking at the observer, a big smile on his face, as he balances on a globe of the Earth, taking one big step from one continent to another. Behind the man is the Moon and the void of space with a few stars dotted about, and in big stylized text it says “Mr. VELT-WiDE.” The word “Velt” in Yiddish translates to “World” and is derived from the German word “Welt.”

The second piece is titled “Jewish Man 1” and is a simple portrait of a young Jewish man, he has a beard and a darkness surrounding his eyes, his styled to look old-fashioned, with one of those old-style blazer jackets with the leather elbows, I was inspired to give him this particular jacket because I rewatched Fiddler On The Roof and saw Perchik (Who’s my favourite character) wearing one. As for the rest of the outfit, the man wears a simple vintage cap, a white button-up shirt, and his pants and shoes are more stylized, coloured in black and with no separation of the pant leg and shoes. The man stands on an impressionistic, almost abstract snowy background and surrounding his head is a rather messily painted black square, he stares into the camera, a neutral, if not solemn look upon his face.

I’m quite happy with these two pieces, and with the style I have created. I would like to credit the artist Eugene Ivanov on the stock photo website dreamstime.com (Sorry for not adding the link to his page the feature is not working for me right now) and also thank him for his amazing selection of incredible Jewish art, it inspired a lot of this art style for me and his work is just leagues better than anything I could come up with myself.

I hope you like these pieces as much as I do, I’ve actually made a few more in this new style very very recently that I’m just so excited to show off so keep an eye out for that! But anyways, that will be all for today! Be well all of you, good morning, afternoon, evening, or night!

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Interior of the Łańcut Synagogue with a central Bimah, Poland

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Clarinetist in the Snow — Yosl Bergner (1920-2017), Israeli

signed in Hebrew (lower right)

oil on canvas

26 by 25 cm.

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The Newlywed — Isidor Kaufmann (1853-1921), Hungarian.

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A ‘gem’-set silver Torah crown, probably Austrian, circa 1840

the base band with Hebrew inscriptions within interlaced ribbons of red pastes, mounted above cast rosettes, the ribs also set with faceted and cabochon pastes, associated filigree crown finial

apparently unmarked except for French control mark

height 13 ½ in.

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Portrait of a Rabbi — Isidor Kaufmann (1853-1921), Hungarian.

oil on panel

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Jewish marriage ring, European, probably 19th century or later

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Gold and silver Torah crown, with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, amethysts, and turquoises, Vienna, ca. 1825

Height: 18.2 cm; width: 12.5cm  

This magnificent jewelled crown is probably from the court of the Hassidic leader Rabbi Israel Ruzhin (1797-1850). Hassidic Judaism originated in eastern Europe in the 18th century. The small size of the crown suggests that it was made for a personal Torah scroll.

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Clarinetist in the Snow — Yosl Bergner (1920-2017), Israeli

signed in Hebrew (lower right)

oil on canvas

26 by 25 cm.

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Wedding — Yosl Bergner (1920-2017), Israeli.

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Portrait of a Rabbi — Isidor Kaufmann (1853-1921), Hungarian.

signed Isidor Kaufmann (lower right)

oil on panel

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Portrait of a Young Boy with Peyot — Isidor Kaufmann (1853-1921), Hungarian.

signed Isidor Kaufmann (lower left)

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1. The Village Band

2. Three Klezmers

Yosl Bergner (1920-2017), Israeli.

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Praying Jew — Aleksander Grodzicki (?-1893), Polish.

oil on canvas, 1893

height: 76 cm; width: 54.7 cm

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Austrian silver Hanukah lamp, maker’s mark CW probably for Carl Warmuth Jr., Vienna, early 20th century

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Torah crown with vine scrolls, silversmith: Pinchas ben Meir, Poland, circa 1764

Silver, repoussé, cast, engraved, and partly gilt

Inscribed in Hebrew with the name of the silversmith and the year of the dedication

H: 40; Diam: 23.1 cm

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