Jakob Steinhardt - Artist Info

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Jacob Steinhardt
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    Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968) was an Israeli painter and woodcut artist.

    The painter and graphic artist Jakob Steinhardt, born in 1887 in the city of Zerkow in Posen, is one of the most important German-Jewish artists of the 20th century. At 1906 he attended the art school in berlin, there he met Louis Cornith in the field of arts and Struk in the field of wood engraving.

    ?When word war 1 broke he enlisted to the German army where he served in the eastern front. After the war he married Minni Gumpert. After the Nazi came to power at 1933 they immigrated to Israel.

    Jacob Steinhardt was a painter and a wood engraver. He was interested on biblical and Jewish subjects. Steinhardt participated in the Berlin Secession. He was ...

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