Paintings and Judaica from the Estate of Prof. Victor Deutsch - Part II

יוסף בודקו, 3 חיתוכי עץ

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Provenance
Estate of Prof. Victor Deutsch

Details
Consisting of:
1. Preparations for the Sabbath Dinner
Technique: Woodcut print
Date: 1923
Signature: Signed in pencil and dated 23.2.1923(lower left)
Dimensions: 14.9 x 9.9 cm
Condition: Good
Exhibitions: “Ze’ev Raban, A Hebrew Symbolist”, Batsheva Goldman Ida (curator), Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Yad Yzhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem, 2001-2002, p. 165, fig. 219.2 (illustrated)

2. The Debate
Technique: Woodcut print
Date: 1924
Signature: Signed in pencil in English (lower left) and in Hebrew (lower right)
Dimensions: 17 x 12.5 cm
Condition: Foxing on margins.

3. Jew in the Landscape
Technique: Woodcut print
Signature: Signed in pencil (lower left)
Dimensions: 20 x 15 cm
Condition: Oxidized paper.

Biography
Joseph Budko (1888-1940) Polish painter. Born in Plonsk, Poland in 1880. Immigrated to Israel in 1933. Studies: 1905 Fine Arts School, Vilna; from 1910 he studied engraving in Berlin,. Budko was a student of Herman Struk,, and followed his lead as he turned to graphic art. He worked mainly in graphics and book illustrations. He developed a style that combined personal attitude with Jewish mentality, a synthesis of Jewish tradition and modern artistic approach. He also revived the spirit of Jewish book illustration, elevating it to modern design. Teaching: From 1935 Bezalel, Jerusalem, which he re-organized and directed until his death in 1940.