The New Art of an Ancient People: The Work of Ephraim Mose Lilien<br><br>
New York: B.W. Huebsch. 1906. Binding: Green paper boards, upper lettered in gilt. , Notes: Maurycy "Ephraim Moses" Lilien (1874 – 1925) was a Polish-Jewish Art Nouveau illustrator and printmaker particularly noted for his art on Jewish themes and his influence on the Bezalel school art movement. He is sometimes called the "first Zionist artist."
Lilien was one of the two artists to accompany Boris Schatz to what is now Israel in 1906 for the purpose of establishing Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and taught the school's first class in 1906. Although his stay in the country was short-lived, he left his indelible stamp on the creation of an Eretz Israel style, placing biblical subjects in the Zionist context and oriental settings, conceived in an idealized Western design. In the first two decades of the century, Lilien's work served as a model for the Bezalel group.
Lilien is known for his famous photographic portrait of Theodor Herzl. He often used Herzl as a model, considering his features a perfect representation of the "New Jew." In 1896, he received an award for photography from the avant-garde magazine Jugend. Lilien illustrated several books. In 1923, an exhibition of his work opened in New York.
Lilien's illustrated books include Juda (1900), Biblically themed poetry by Lilien's Christian friend, Börries Freiherr von Münchhausen, and Lieder des Ghetto (Songs of the Ghetto) (1903), Yiddish poems by Morris Rosenfeld translated into German.
, Size: 8vo.(215 x 150mm), Illustration: Very good example, illustrated with plates by Lilien., Pages: 53 pp. , Category: Book Religious Judaism;. Some marks to upper, upper hinge splitting, interior else clean and crisp. Item #B7388
Price: $375.00