Jossi Stern Framed Signed Original Charcoal Drawing Old Jerusalem Judaica Painting

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Jossi Stern Framed Signed Original Charcoal Drawing Old Jerusalem Judaica Painting.
This One Of A Kind Art Gallery Piece sits … Read more Jossi Stern Framed Signed Original Charcoal Drawing Old Jerusalem Judaica Painting.
This One Of A Kind Art Gallery Piece sits beautifully behind glass in its original Gilt Wood Frame.. The Mid 20th Century Charcoal drawing is Signed by the Artist Jossi Stern on front right corner & there is a Certificate Of Authenticity on back of Framed Painting.
COA states it was purchased at The Old City Art Gallery in Jerusalem, Israel on 5/11/80, whereby it was exported to the States.
Framed Drawing on paper is matted & mounted on board measuring 26 1/4 inches height, 22 1/4 inches length & 2 inches depth, with opening of Drawing size 19 inches height by 15 inches length.
This Magnificent Piece would make a great addition for any art collector & or home collection.
I do believe it is one of his best works, Old Jerusalem certainly has more significance now.

Jossi (Yossi) Stern, son of David and Katerina, was born in the Bakon Hills of Hungary, in 1923. He was already drawing when at the age of ten he moved with his family from the Bakon Hill region to the considerably more cosmopolitan Budapest. Recognizing the looming threat of Hitler and the pending Nazi invasion of Hungary, in 1940, at the age of seventeen, the young artist made his way to Palestine aboard the Sakaria, an old ship heavily crowded with 2,300 other refugees. Before reaching the shores of Palestine, then under the British Mandate, the British Navy intercepted the ship and declared Stern and all those aboard illegal immigrants. Stern was sent to a prison camp where he remained incarcerated by the British for six months. In 1943, having spent a few years doing agricultural work, Stern was encouraged by close friends who recognized his artistic talent to enroll in the prestigious Bezalel School of the Arts in Jerusalem. An outstanding student, he eventually became a highly respected teacher of Graphic Arts at Bezalel. Stern is recognized in Israel as having been one of the country's premier artists. His drawings are exhibited and appear in many publications and museums worldwide. Stern was the recipient of numerous awards including the Jerusalem Medal as well as both the UNESCO and Herzl Prize. Yossi Stern is known for Painting, illustration, photography, printmaking, teaching. Stern was known as "the Painter of Jerusalem" and one of Israel's foremost artist. Stern, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary, put special emphasis in his drawings on depicting the "new Jew," a sabraon kibbutz, wearing shorts, sandals and looking tough. But along with his popular drawings, particularly for children books and the press, Stern slowly earned a place as a serious painter whose work was known worldwide. He was also a popular art teacher at the Bezalel Arts Academy here. He was included in the exhibition New Bezalel Artists' House, Jerusalem Tel Aviv Museum, along with Artists: Ludwig Wolpert, Joseph Budko, Gershon Knispel, Gershon Avigdor Arikha, Maryan, Jacob Steinhardt, Ruth Schloss, Mordecai Ardon, Naftali Bezem. He was also included in the exhibition A People Build Its Land: Israeli History as Reflected in Art Herzliya Museum, Artists: Avraham Ofek, Larry Abramson, Arieh Allweil, Yosl Bergner, Samuel Bak, Ludwig Blum, Naftali Bezem, Ephraim Moshe Lilien, Marcel Janco, Yohanan Simon, Menashe Kadishman, Reuven Rubin and Zeev Raban. He studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, the Royal Academy of Art in London and on his own in Paris. He was Professor of Graphic Arts at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, a position he held for more than twenty years.
At the age of 62, Stern made news by coming out with a surprise announcement that he was homosexual.
“I was never in a closet, and therefore I never came out of it,” he told the Israeli daily Yediot Achronot during an interview.
“I have always treated the intimate part of life discreetly. Whoever asked, I always told the truth, but people didn’t ask,” he said.
Rumor had it that he had a long affair with the American conductor Leonard Bernstein. Stern did not deny this but hated the fact it had become a rumor, stressing that he wanted to keep his private life private.
“There are three men whom I go to bed with every night,” he used to say. “Marcus Aurelius, Baruch Spinoza and Martin Buber.”
But his openly admitted love affair was with Jerusalem. Mayor Teddy Kollek named him “the Painter of Jerusalem.”
Stern spent many long hours drawing the city that he loved. He used to spend hours on end, walking along the streets, the alleys, swallowing the city in his mind, and then come home and record it through his art. See less