"New Bezalel":

The German Influence in Israeli Art

Thursday, 16.07.15

Friday, 12.02.16

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Irit Salmon

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In 1933, after Hitler's rise to power, large numbers of German-Jewish artists and intellectuals began leaving Germany for Palestine. Most were followers of German expressionism, well-rooted in the German cultural heritage. Many of these artists settled in Jerusalem, where, in 1935, they founded the New Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts (the previous institution, headed by Boris Schatz, had closed its doors in 1929). The Zionist spirit of "Jerusalem rebuilt" animated the various departments: graphic arts and industrial printing, architecture, science and technology. The immigrant German photographers contributed to the fields of documentation, communication and experimental photography. They combined their European legacy and the local culture, with Jerusalem serving as a focal point for an artistic revival in the pre-state yishuv.

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