- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Plate Acknowledgements
- Plates
- Introduction
- The Early Years
- From ‘Byzantine’ Miniatures to the Song of Songs
- From La Tentation de Saint Antoine to the Statute of Kalisz
- From George Washington to the League of Nations
- An Ambassador for Co-operation
- From The Haggadah to The Rubáiyát
- From Miniature to Caricature
- An Artist with a Message
- A Public Service Artist
- The Turn towards Peace
- Drawing Lessons
- Illustrations for a Young Peace
- Fighting for Israel
- In a Changing America
- Valediction
- Creating Arthur Szyk
- The Jewish Artist
- The Political Artist
- Books with Illustrations by Szyk
- Exhibitions and Reviews of Szyk’s Work
- Published Political Cartoons 1939–1950
- War Cartoons: Corporate Use
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
The Jewish Artist
The Jewish Artist
- Chapter:
- (p.249) The Jewish Artist
- Source:
- Arthur Szyk
- Author(s):
Joseph P. Ansell
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
This chapter considers who or what makes a Jewish artist. The issue is one that art historians and artists alike have debated for many years. Defining what is and is not Jewish art has continued to be a troubling issue — more so for how it relates to Arthur Szyk's work in particular. Though Szyk considered himself a Jewish artist and Jewish art and subject-matter extensively permeated his life and work, he is curiously absent from most discussions of twentieth-century Jewish artists. His work focused on Jewish subjects far more than most of the artists who have been included in that discourse. The chapter thus makes the case for Szyk's inclusion in the realm of Jewish art discourse.
Keywords: Jewish art, Jewish artists, Arthur Szyk, art history, twentieth-century Jewish artists, Jewish subjects
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Plate Acknowledgements
- Plates
- Introduction
- The Early Years
- From ‘Byzantine’ Miniatures to the Song of Songs
- From La Tentation de Saint Antoine to the Statute of Kalisz
- From George Washington to the League of Nations
- An Ambassador for Co-operation
- From The Haggadah to The Rubáiyát
- From Miniature to Caricature
- An Artist with a Message
- A Public Service Artist
- The Turn towards Peace
- Drawing Lessons
- Illustrations for a Young Peace
- Fighting for Israel
- In a Changing America
- Valediction
- Creating Arthur Szyk
- The Jewish Artist
- The Political Artist
- Books with Illustrations by Szyk
- Exhibitions and Reviews of Szyk’s Work
- Published Political Cartoons 1939–1950
- War Cartoons: Corporate Use
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
