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1891 Tomaszow, Poland - 1959 New York City. Known for: Mod historical, symbolic and allegorical figure painting.
The following biography was provided by Steven Wasser, whose source is www.AmericanJewishArt.com. According to art critic, Alfred Werner, "the pictorial world [Jennings Tofel] bequeathed to us, with... Read full biography
The following biography was provided by Steven Wasser, whose source is www.AmericanJewishArt.com. According to art critic, Alfred Werner, "the pictorial world [Jennings Tofel] bequeathed to us, with its intensity, its mood of gravity, is one that only a Jewish refugee from Eastern Europe could have... Read full biography
The following biography was provided by Steven Wasser, whose source is www.AmericanJewishArt.com. According to art critic, Alfred Werner, "the pictorial world [Jennings Tofel] bequeathed to us, with its intensity, its mood of gravity, is one that only a Jewish refugee from Eastern Europe could have created."[1] The works of Tofel often portray anonymous human figures that emphasize hands and facial expressions. His palette leans toward yellows, reds, blues, and greens. Little attention is paid... Read full biography
The following biography was provided by Steven Wasser, whose source is www.AmericanJewishArt.com. According to art critic, Alfred Werner, "the pictorial world [Jennings Tofel] bequeathed to us, with its intensity, its mood of gravity, is one that only a Jewish refugee from Eastern Europe could have created."[1] The works of Tofel often portray anonymous human figures that emphasize hands and facial expressions. His palette leans toward yellows, reds, blues, and greens. Little attention is paid to clothing or backgrounds. Count Antoni Adam Ostrowski invited Jewish weavers and entrepreneurs to settle in Tomaszów Mazowiecki in the 1820's. Jennings Tofel was born in this Polish town to a Jewish middle-class Jewish family on October 18, 1891 as... Read full biography
The following biography was provided by Steven Wasser, whose source is www.AmericanJewishArt.com. According to art critic, Alfred Werner, "the pictorial world [Jennings Tofel] bequeathed to us, with its intensity, its mood of gravity, is one that only a Jewish refugee from Eastern Europe could have created."[1] The works of Tofel often portray anonymous human figures that emphasize hands and facial expressions. His palette leans toward yellows, reds, blues, and greens. Little attention is paid to clothing or backgrounds. Count Antoni Adam Ostrowski invited Jewish weavers and entrepreneurs to settle in Tomaszów Mazowiecki in the 1820's. Jennings Tofel was born in this Polish town to a Jewish middle-class Jewish family on October 18, 1891 as Idel (Yehudah) Toflevicz. His father, Yakob Yosef Toflevicz (b. 1864) was a woman's dress tailor.&nb... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (11)
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Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesPainting a Place in America Jewish Artists in New York 1900-1945
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Kleeblatt, Norman L and Susan Chevlowe (Editors)208 pages (color)A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986Chetham, Charles; David Grose312 pages (color)Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesJewish Experience In the Twentieth Century
1984Kampf, Avram240 pages (color)Jennings Tofel
1976Granick, Arthur237 pages (color)Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975Editor, Smithsonian0 pagesWhitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974Baur, John I H235 pages (color)Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages