"Heavenly Jerusalem" Acrylic on Canvas by Yankel Ginzburg, 1971

Description

Mixed-media acrylic and paper collage on canvas (circa 1971) entitled "Heavenly Jerusalem" by Yankel Ginzburg. Surrealist in style, with the … more Mixed-media acrylic and paper collage on canvas (circa 1971) entitled "Heavenly Jerusalem" by Yankel Ginzburg. Surrealist in style, with the Wailing Wall and Old City of Jerusalem serving as the central image. There are collage elements (pieces of a musical composition cut and pasted to the canvas and painted over) along with painted Hebrew script. Important painting featured on the cover of the May 1971 issue of "Hadassah Magazine." Artist signed.
Edge wear to the frame, painting itself is in fine, vintage condition.

Yankel Ginzburg (b. 1945, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan Republic)
Awards and Honors
1994 Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC: unveiling of sculpture collection Gondolas
1992 Art Academy, Moscow, Russia: one-man exhibition
1992 Humanitarian Honor First Class, awarded by President Boris Yeltsin and the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation
1991 King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA: commissioned artwork
1991 President George Bush: commissioned artwork to present to Russian President Boris Yeltsin
1985 Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution: commissioned graphics
1983 Air & Space Museum Bicentennial: official poster, commissioned by President Ronald Reagan, Washington, D.C.
1979 “Hands and Hearts,” monumental mural commission, downtown, Washington D.C
1978 Modern Masters of Israel, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; Skirball Museum, Los Angeles: Works on Paper, one-man show, CA
1976 U.S. Bicentennial Celebration: commissioned to create monumental tapestry “Freedom Road,” Washington, D.C.
1975 International Art Fair, participant, Cologne, Germany
1977 Admitted to Who’s Who in American Art, and Who’s Who in America
1967 Marc Chagall Museum, one-man show, Haifa, Israel
1962 Rome Biennale, “Silver Medal,” Italy less