OTTO HERSCHEL Sabbath Blessings Judaica Painting on Wood Small 6.25 x 8.5" Rabbi

Description: Early 20th Century (circa 1914) small-sized Oil on Wood Board painting featuring a timeless image of a rabbi on the Sabbath. Signed by artist lower right. Good condition. Approx. 6.25 x 8.5". Obtained by owner's family many years ago in Israel.Artist: Otto HerschelBorn:30 December 1871 Teplitz-Schönau Died: 14 December 1958 Richmond, Virginia, USAOtto Herschel came from a Bohemian Jewish family from Teplitz-Schönau (now Teplice, CZ). He attended school there before moving to Vienna in 1888, where he took painting classes at the arts & crafts school with Franz Matsch & Rudolf Rössler. In 1896 he transferred to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he studied with Karl von Marr Malerei. Before WW1 he took part in numerous exhibitions. Between the wars he remained popular & exhibited regularly both in the Künstlerhaus & in his own studio, experimenting w/ the Impressionist style. From 1905 he had been in contact with the Städtische Sammlungen Wien, to which he had donated one of his works. In 1936 Herschel offered to sell Altwiener fashion items to the Städtische Sammlungen, but the purchases were repeatedly postponed for budgetary reasons, until Herschel, under pressure of persecution by the Nazis as a Jew, declared his willingness in May 1938 to reduce the asking price for the works by half. The sale eventually took place in May 1939 under increasing pressure. The documents do not indicate whether Herschel ever received the agreed amount. He ultimately managed to flee with his Dutch wife Clara, née Wiener, to the Netherlands in summer 1939, from where they traveled to Belgium & then to New York on the SS Westerland, reaching the USA in Jan.,1940. In 1946 he became a US citizen. On 25 March 2003, on the basis of the results of systematic provenance research in the Wien Museum, the Vienna restitution commission recommended the restitution of the objects acquired by the Städtische Sammlungen from Otto Herschel in 1939. 🔯 🔯 🔯 🔯 🔯 🔯 🔯 🔯 🔯 VIEW OUR FEEDBACK HISTORY TO CONFIRM OUR CLEAN REPUTATION AND PROFESSIONALISM SELLING ON eBAY FOR OVER TWENTY-TWO (22) YEARS NOW. REST ASSURED YOUR TRANSACTION IS SAFE, YOUR ITEM WILL BE PACKED WELL & SHIPPED OUT PROMPTLY. Valuables LLC (formerly AUCTION DOCTORS, Inc.) HAS BEEN SELLING ON EBAY SINCE 1999 & PRIDES ITSELF ON DOING DEALS RIGHT. WE HAVE NEVER SOLD (NOR WILL WE EVER SELL ...) A FAKE OR COUNTERFEIT ITEM IN ANY ITEM CATEGORY. OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS UNPARALLELED & OUR REPEAT BUYER RATE IS HIGH.PLEASE CONTACT 310/383-3030 w/ ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS. BUSINESS HOURS 10AM - 7PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME

Price: 535 USD

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

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