[Postally unused postcard (137 x 88 mm.), divided back. Depicts a painting by Adam Markowicz. The title is Talmluldistn

Published by Verlag Jehudia [Published between 1912 and 1939], Warsaw Warszawa, Varsha, Poland

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Postally unused postcard. 137 x 88 mm. Divided back. In color. Printed on verso in Russian, Yiddish and French. On recto: in Yiddish: Talmluldistn. By Adam Markowitz. The image is in color. In acid free Mylar envelope. Artur Markowicz (1872 - 1934) was a Jewish realist painter and graphic artist born in Podgorze district of Krakow (Cracow), Poland. He is best known for his numerous pastels of street scenes in the historic Jewish town of Kazimierz, now one of the largest central districts of Kraków. His works can be found at the National Museum in Gdansk, Krakow, Warsaw, and in other state museums in Poland and Israel. He was born to a family of merchants and began his higher education with technical studies, but soon abandoned them, studying instead with professors Leopold Loeffler, Florian Cynk and Jan Matejko at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts in 1886-1895. From 1896 until 1903 he lived in Germany and studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich with Franz Stuck. Then he went to Paris, finishing at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts with Jean-Leon Gerome. He also exhibited his paintings at the Salons of 1900, 1901, 1903 and 1904. Markowicz returned to Krakow in 1904 and set up a studio in the historic district of Kazimierz. He traveled to Jerusalem in 1907-1908 where the Bezalel Academy had just opened, then to other parts of Europe until 1914. He was also a member of the "Krakow Society of Friends of Fine Arts" and the "Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts". After 1930, he was the honorary President of the "Jewish Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts". His Jewish scenes and character-studies show a unique originality of his style influenced by symbolism with elements of expressionism. Markowicz died in Krakow in 1934 at the age of 62, and is buried at the local New Jewish Cemetery. The publishing house Verlag Jehudia, based in Warsaw, operated approximately from 1912 until 1939. It specialized in producing Jewish-themed postcards, including holiday greetings like Rosh Hashanah cards, as well as scenes depicting Jewish family life and customs. These postcards often featured inscriptions in Yiddish, Hebrew, German, and Polish, catering to a Jewish audience and sometimes promoting Zionist ideals.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: [Postally unused postcard (137 x 88 mm.), divided back. Depicts a painting by Adam Markowicz. The title is Talmluldistn
• Publisher: Verlag Jehudia [Published between 1912 and 1939], Warsaw Warszawa, Varsha, Poland
• Language: Yiddish
• Binding: No Binding
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket