#Jewish Artists

[beatricecenci]

Isaak Levitan (Russian, 1860-1900)

Cornflowers

[sheydgarden]

a really fun recent commission: this custom bookplate for the curator of Judaica at the Museum of the Bible! it's based on a variety of texts that describe (at least some) sheydim as observantly Jewish - especially the Talmudic stories of Yosef Sheyda, a demonic scholar or possibly even a rabbi himself. the quote in the window is from Psalm 24, "the earth is the Lord's, and everything in it" which is often written above an owner's name in Jewish books, but provides double meaning here for the fact that sheydim too are divinely created. Jesse shares my love for sheydim as transgressive, marginalized figures who are nevertheless deeply Jewish, so this was an ideal collaboration & a delight to make!

also done entirely in Procreate, inked with True Grit Texture Supply's "Rusty Nib" engraver brushes - totally in love with this new process & the relative ease of accomplishing this type/level of hatching vs. traditional media (giving me added respect for the 17th century printmakers I've been studying). i will always love working traditionally but adding more digital techniques to my repertoire has been super useful.

[shlufim]

Pomegranate Tree in Neot Kedumim, Israel. October, 1998. Photographer: Moshe Milner. (GPO/לע''מ)

[genderoutlaws]

Peter (A Young English Girl) | 1924

This portrait by lesbian painter Romaine Brooks depicts gender non-conforming lesbian artist Gluck, who refused gendered titles and was known within their inner circles as the chosen names Peter or Hig.

[aqlstar]

Another crochet lace ribbon almost done. They’re yellow for the hostages held by Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and whomever else. Let me know if you have any ideas for what I should do with them, or if you’re also Jewish and like to crochet.

[jewishpopculture]

Jewish actress Marilyn Monroe photographed on the set of the film ‘The Seven Year Itch’ (1955).

[fdelopera]

Thank you @flagbridge for the perfect Phantom of the Opera mezuzah! Lego Erik is so dapper. I'll be getting a mezuzah scroll for him, and then he'll be going on my doorpost (he'll be going on either my bedroom or my office doorpost).

If you want an Erik mezuzah, too, FlagBridge has them on her Etsy! And she also makes Christine and Raoul mezuzot, so you can have the main trio on the doorposts of your home!

[askjumblr]

I found out the jeweler I got my engagement ring from is a raging antisemite. Obviously won't be purchasing anything else from them. Does anyone happen to know any jewish-owned jewelers for wedding bands? I'd like to specifically spend my money at a Jewish business after all this.

Oof, sorry this happened.

[herotune]

The Path We Share — Jonah, Abraham, Isaac, and The Goat

Shanah tovah everyone! (Yes I realize Rosh Hashanah is over, but it's still the high holidays ok!)

This is an illustration I made for our high holiday liturgy books this year. If you're curious, I put the artist's statement I wrote for the book under the cut:

This illustration represents aspects of three different stories we revisit on the high holidays—that of Abraham and Isaac, Jonah and the giant fish, and the scapegoat sent into the wilderness, carrying away the sins of the community. Abraham falls back as Isaac walks up the mountain, following the goat, and Jonah follows a similar path, by sea.

Each of them, whether by land or by sea, up the mountain, to the wilderness, or to Ninevah, whether knowing of their fates or not—walk the same path we do as we head into the high holidays. Along the path set to them by G-d. Did Isaac know what would happen as he walked up the mountain? Did the goat led out to the wilderness know what it represented? Would they have chosen to follow that path had they known? Would they have been given a choice?

Each year, we revisit these stories, and each year, we walk the same path together, into an unseen future—knowing we are not alone in the journey.

[flagbridge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ETHAN FREEMAN!

AND SHABBAT SHALOM, EVERYONE!

(Art by @or-what-you-will)

[ethanfreemanappreciation]

Ethan and Maricel performing "Dangerous Games" during the 2022 Mitternachtsball Jekyll and Hyde reunion

[beatricecenci]

Gino Parin (Italian, 1876-1944)

Il notturno

[sheydgarden]

בצלם אלהים / b'tzelem elohim / made in the divine image, 8x10 linocut print, 2023

[shlufim]

Imre Ámos, Under the tabernacle, Oil on Canvas, 1933, Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives, Budapest. (source)

Imre Ámos was a Hungarian-Jewish artist, born December 7th, 1907. Between the years 1939 and 1944 Ámos was drafted into the "Labor Service" to perform forced labor for the Hungarian army. He was killed in 1944 in a concentration camp in Germany. May his memory be a blessing.

[genderoutlaws]

Medallion (1937) by Gluck

This portrait depicting gender non-conforming lesbian artist Gluck (right) alongside lover Nesta Obermer (left) was inspired by a night out when the pair attended a production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The artist referred to this piece as the “YouWe” picture.

“They sat together in the third row and felt the intensity of the music fused them both into one person and matched their love.”

[aqlstar]

Almost done with my crochet strip lace cotton ribbon for raising awareness of the ongoing hostage crisis. It still needs to be starched and sewn in place. Still not sure where I can ask to have it displayed, but I’ll figure it out. Let me know if you have any ideas.