Vintage Shalom of Safed Judaica Poster Lithograph

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These vibrant offset lithographs depict various mid 20th century posters by famous artists (mostly 20th C. artists). Printed in the … Read more These vibrant offset lithographs depict various mid 20th century posters by famous artists (mostly 20th C. artists). Printed in the U.S. in 1978, these colorful prints are on substantial stock. The back is blank except for reference to the next print in the portfolio.

Shalom Moskovitz (1896-1980) known as Shalom of Safed began to paint relatively late, at the age of 55. For more than half a century he worked at various crafts, mainly watch-making, but also as a stonemason and silversmith, and led a quite and religious life. He came across painting accidentally and started to paint subjects closest to his heart, the events of Jewish history, as narrated in the Old Testament and elaborated in the Talmud and other books. Shalom considered himself a “historical writer” rather than an artist, retelling the stories from Genesis and Exodus. He inserted scriptural verses and other legends to ensure clarity. His works often “read” like Hebrew with movement and sequence running from right to left, from top to bottom. Shalom had claimed that he did not work from his imagination, yet there is humor as well as imagination in his vivid colors and rearrangement of elements of his Bible stories.

Shalom Moskovitz c. 1887 – 1980 was an Hasidic Jewish painter in Safed, Israel. Moskovitz, known as artist Shalom of Safed, worked as a watchmaker for most of his life before beginning to paint at age 55. His art featured biblical themes and often contained a proverb or sentence from scriptures.

Although “primitive” in the sense of being untaught, Shalom paints neither as a recluse or a total naïve. It is the indirect and intimate awareness of his heritage that enables him to transcend conventional barriers and forms.

Shalom of Safed had many exhibitions around the world, among them at the Jewish Museum (New York), the Renaissance Society (Chicago), the Israel Museum (Jerusalem), the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam).

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