Thirty-five pieces that span 50 years of Israeli art history will be given to the Yeshiva University Museum in celebration of the 36th anniversary of Israel, Monday, May 7, it was announced today. The exhibition, from Joseph and Rebeccah Meyerhoff of Baltimore, includes the largest single collection given in the museum’s history.
The collection, which consists of paintings, sculptures, woodcuts, represents a wide range of art from Israel’s first artists and it reflects the spirit of Israeli art, according to Sylvia Herskowitz, direct-or of the museum. The collection will be permanently housed at the museum.
The unique collection was gathered by Yurika Mann, founder of the Jerusalem Art Center and the Mane Katz Charity Foundation for Invalid Soldiers. For 36 years, Mann has been roaming the world, organizing and exhibiting the work of Israeli artists and lecturing on Israeli art internationally.
According to Herskowitz, the history of Israeli art is usually dated from the founding of the Bezalel School in 1908 in what was then Palestine. The Meyerhoff gift includes work by Boris Schatz, founder of the Bezalel School, and other noted Israeli artists, such as Mane-Katz, Jacob Steinhardt, Ludwig Blum, and Moshe Tamir.
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