Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museums page for Ben-Zion ((1897 - 1987)), known for Mod genre-religious, sculptor. Showing 8 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1897 Stary Constantin, Ukraine, Russia - 1987 New York, New York. Known for: Mod genre-religious, sculptor.
The following biography is from "Search for the Soul of Judaism". by William Brailsford, The Washington Times: May 18, 1997. In modern Hebrew, the words for truth and art come from the same root.... Read full biography
The following biography is from "Search for the Soul of Judaism". by William Brailsford, The Washington Times: May 18, 1997. In modern Hebrew, the words for truth and art come from the same root. With masterful sensitivity, the artist Ben-Zion has transformed the horrible truths of the 20th century... Read full biography
The following biography is from "Search for the Soul of Judaism". by William Brailsford, The Washington Times: May 18, 1997. In modern Hebrew, the words for truth and art come from the same root. With masterful sensitivity, the artist Ben-Zion has transformed the horrible truths of the 20th century into a powerful artistic repertory of etchings, drawings, paintings and sculpture that beckon the viewer into his magical interpretation of the world, and the realities, of Jewish culture. In the... Read full biography
The following biography is from "Search for the Soul of Judaism". by William Brailsford, The Washington Times: May 18, 1997. In modern Hebrew, the words for truth and art come from the same root. With masterful sensitivity, the artist Ben-Zion has transformed the horrible truths of the 20th century into a powerful artistic repertory of etchings, drawings, paintings and sculpture that beckon the viewer into his magical interpretation of the world, and the realities, of Jewish culture. In the centenary year of this self taught artist, The B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum has brought together an extraordinary collection of Ben-Zion's work. A poet and writer, Ben-Zion stopped using the Hebrew language as the realities of the... Read full biography
The following biography is from "Search for the Soul of Judaism". by William Brailsford, The Washington Times: May 18, 1997. In modern Hebrew, the words for truth and art come from the same root. With masterful sensitivity, the artist Ben-Zion has transformed the horrible truths of the 20th century into a powerful artistic repertory of etchings, drawings, paintings and sculpture that beckon the viewer into his magical interpretation of the world, and the realities, of Jewish culture. In the centenary year of this self taught artist, The B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum has brought together an extraordinary collection of Ben-Zion's work. A poet and writer, Ben-Zion stopped using the Hebrew language as the realities of the Holocaust became evident; writing in "the language of the martyred ones" became "unthinkable" to him.... Read full biography
Ben-Zion - Artist Info
About Ben-Zion: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsMuseum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014