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Ben-Zion

Ben-Zion (1897 - 1987) was active/lived in New York / Ukraine, Russian Federation.  Ben Zion is 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.  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.

The artist never actually depicts the horrors of the '30s and '40s, but rather he holds man up to   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8579 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Research resources

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