Richard I. Cohen and Mirjam Rajner, “Invoking Samuel Hirszenberg’s Artistic Legacy: Encountering ‘Exile’,” Images, vol. 8 (2014): 46-65 (original) (raw)
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The paper explores the artistic legacy of Samuel Hirszenberg, a significant Jewish artist from Łódź, focusing on his painting 'Exile' and its representation of Jewish themes related to dispossession and suffering. By examining Hirszenberg's work in the context of his time and its impact on Jewish cultural identity, the authors assert that his oeuvre provides a deep insight into Jewish life and historical trauma, reflecting both the emotional weight of exile and the quest for belonging.
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Invoking Samuel Hirszenberg’s Artistic Legacy—Encountering Exile*
IMAGES, 2014
Samuel Hirszenberg (1865–1908), the Łódź-born artist, created several signature works of art that would emerge as emblematic of the Jewish historical experience of the twentieth century. Exile (1904) is one of these works that came to evoke the trials and tribulations of Jewish fate in the decades following its creation. After placing Exile in the context of Hirszenberg’s oeuvre, this essay charts its cultural and artistic reception over close to a century in diverse media. Exile evoked instinctive, negative responses alongside a deep sense of identification and appropriation. The essay illuminates the ways in which a seminal work of art can engender intense interaction over decades, allowing a wide range of interpretations, references, and quotations.
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