Jewish Artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Carl Schwartz, published by the PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY New York, 1949 - first edition. A complete copy - hardcover with the original illustrated dust jacket.
A basic book dealing with the great Jewish artists of the 19th and 20th centuries and their great works - including: Moritz Oppenheim, Isidore Kaufman, the great Bezalel artists Herman Struck, Yosef Bodko, Boris Shatz, whom the author calls: "the three masters of graphic art", the School of Artists The Jews in Paris are led by Issachar Ber Rybak and Marc Chagall, the greatest Jewish artists in America, Artists from the Land of Israel Yohanan Simon, Reuven Zelikovich and others. The book is accompanied by 48 plates with the great works of the artists. On the dust jacket is the famous woodcut made by Yosef Bodko "A man such as me does not flee" which he created in 1928. In the book, Schwartz, among other things, analyzes the connection between the artists' personalities and their great works.
XII, 273 + 48 plates. Slight tears on the top and bottom of the dust jacket, otherwise very good condition.
