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Apparent First Edition (NAP). I couldn't find one other copy of this book for sale anywhere on the Internet. The historical development of art by European Jews immigrating to Palestine. This book is in Hebrew. It is 133 pages. There is an 'English synopsis at the end of the book.' It is 16 unnumbered pages, 10 of which are text. The synopsis begins: 'In the Spring of 1936 there were 400,000 Jews in Palestine about one-third of the total population. A quarter of these had arrived during the two preceding years, following Hitler's rise to power in 1933 and the implementation of the Nuremberg race laws of 1935. A tidal wave of German Jews began surging toward Palestine, resulting in 15,000 new immigrants between April, 1933 and July, 1934. By September, 1935 nearly 22,000 had arrived. They were a highly-cultured group for whom Tel Aviv signified relative cultural deprivation after the riches of Berlin. They did their utmost to fill the gap: the German Immigrant Federation assembled a choir and orchestra. The German Immigrants' Centre established a cultural department which organized Hebrew classes for 5000 schoolchildren at 18 locations throughout the country. One hundred and eighty lectures were held in one year. Despite all this, the German-Jewish immigrants had a hard time adjusting to the realities of life in Palestine. Their reaction to the Arab riots of the 1930s had been an enthusiastic drive to reinforce the Yishuv but, once part of it, their difficulties began. Most wanted to live in Tel Aviv, but housing in that city was severely limited, so many tried Haifa, Jerusalem and other towns, only to be faced by a dire lack of jobs. They often found themselves cleaning windows, working on building sites or selling sausages to earn a living. As for artistic expression, the local art scene seemed sparse but the artists among the newcomers were motivated to provide what they found to be missing. Their own backgrounds were impressive. Mordecai Ardon had exhibited in Berlin in 1928 with the November Group; Shalom Sebba had been influenced by Max Beckmanm and the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement.' ( because of a letter or word limit in this Description section I'll just reference some of the other artists names who emigrated during this period : Isidore Aschheim, Miron Sima, Jacob Steinhardt, Joseph Budko, Max Liebermann. The condition of the book is very good. It isn't perfect (there's a little bit of dark print run-off that you can see in the first photo of the front cover, a very light crease at the top corner of the rear cover, some dust staining on the top page edge--which has no effect upon the actual pages-- , also the spine is lighter than the front and rear, and it has a small crease). The book is very solidly bound from cover to cover, with nicely tight pages throughout. The pages are in excellent condition, exceptionally clean (I didn't see any soiling) and free of wear (no conspicuous creasing, etc.). There are no markings. No attachments of any kind. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere in the book. There are great many illustrations, artwork, posters, drawings, sculpture, much variety of creative expression. Seller Inventory # 002698
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