Picture Titled ‘Algerian Jew’ From The Jewish Encyclopedia.

The New Yorker (New York, NY, USA)

270- Fall Colors

Happy Inktober! I was just playing around with some of my new inks and gauche from Winsor and Newton. I love my new stuff! #art #drawing #inktober http://ift.tt/1YRYqi6

George Elgar Hicks - On the seashore (1879)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Mrs. Sarah Netanyahu receiving the four species  from Chabad Rabbis at the Prime Minister’s Sukkah.

Also seen in the photograph the Chief Rabbis of Israel.  

Frank W. Benson - Summer of 1909

West African women, unlike their East African sisters, eschew the bright reds and other primary colors. They allow themselves black, white, ocher, yellow and beige earth tones. They do employ blue, but it is the blue black, electric indigo or the soft, subtle blue of West African mornings. Maya Angelou, Art of Africa, Even the Stars Look Lonesome.

Design Patterns from Ghana. Though the colour palette is broader than defined by Maya Angelou I like that the excerpt distinguishes the way colours (and of course designs) vary in African countries and in particular how this is tied to the landscape.

The first pattern reminds me a little of a kolam called Sita Mudichu (Sita’s Knot). and the last of the simple pulli (dot) kolam.

Pic Source.

Jugend magazine cover (Issue 47) by Julie Wolfthorn, 1897.

Julie Wolfthorn (1864-1944) was a German-Jewish female painter who created many illustrations for Jugend and was a well known and established portrait painter in Germany. Since the art schools did not accept women at that time, she travelled to Paris in the 1890′s to learn painting techniques and skills. She later became involved with the Berlin Secession and became a prominent member of it. Among her clients and friends were many female artists and important figures in society. Her life did not end well though. She later died in her 70′s at a camp established by the SS for Jewish citizens. She was said to have continued her drawing despite the horrific conditions there.

(Source: berlin-woman, wikipedia)

BEIGEL BAKE - DAMORIE

If you ever spot a line outside of an eating establishment while walking down Brick Lane, you are most likely approaching a piece of history in the area called Beigel Bake. Without the line of people standing outside of it or the crowd within, it would be easy to miss this beloved bakery due to its simple banner and interior design, but what Beigel Bake lacks in these areas, it makes up for it with its tasty, freshly baked bagels, or in this case beigels. Maybe the restaurant’s simple design has to do with the fact that it is one of London’s oldest bagel shops, which blends in with the air of nostalgia that fits many of the shops in Brick Lane. Whatever it is, it’s obvious that Beigel Bake is enormously popular in this area. The bakery opened in the neighborhood in the 1970s, while there was still some Jewish people living in Brick Lane. Although the area is now populated by Bangladesh immigrants, Beigel Bake is a reminder of the once massive Jewish presence Brick Lane had. What makes Beigel Bake so great is not only its fresh bagels or the fact that it is open 24 hours but its the variety in which they serve them that makes them unique. The fact that their most popular dish is a bagel with salmon and cream cheese makes this all true. So if you’re having a bagel craving stop at Beigel Bake but get there early because there will most likely to be a line. 

A Decorative Synagogue Plaque Indicating the Times of Prayer, [detail], by Abraham Pavian, Hermannstadt (Sibiu), Romania, (1878), multi-coloured paint on paper with metal dials set in a wood and glass frame, 40.6 x 55.9 cm, private collection. The five manual clocks designate the times of the daily morning and afternoon prayer service as well as the times of the services for the Sabbath prayers. The Hebrew inscription around the border, comprised of verses from the book of Psalms (88:13-17), alludes to the morning prayers, source: sothebys.com.

Aquarela sobre papel, 21x14,8cm , 2015.