Sharon Weiser-Ferguson.

Jerusalem, Israel, 2012. 199 pp., illustrations: 104 col., 16 b&w, 24.3 × 17.3 cm. Hebrew and English.

9789652784087

Israel Museum (23 November 2012–6 April 2013)

The legacy of two visionary silversmiths who, by bringing Modernism’s International Style to Mandatory Palestine, and leading the New Bezalel Art School and its students, revolutionized the definition of design for Jewish ritual objects in a new era. Introductory text touches upon Wolpert and Gumbel’s artistic backgrounds in Germany, their participation in the New Bezalel, the new modern style to which they contributed (and its widespread dissemination throughout the Israeli public), and their post-Bezalel careers. Exhibits include a few works by their students. 90 items.

BEZALEL ART SCHOOL
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
GUMBEL, DAVID
ISRAELI ART
SILVERSMITHING, ISRAEL
TORAH ORNAMENTS
WOLPERT, LUDWIG

Besamim
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Challah boards/plates
Drawings/Sketches
Etrog containers
Hand-washing vessels
Hanukkah lamps
Havdalah sets/compendia
Historical photographs
Jewelry
Keter Torah
Kiddush cups
Levite sets
Mezuzah cases
Ner Tamid
Pesach cups
Pesach plates
Rimmonim
Rings
Tass
Torah Arks
Tzedakah boxes/containers
Yad

Invitation to exhibition opening, leaflet, 4 pp., 1 col. illus., 22 × 9 cm, Hebrew and English.