Abel Pann
Abel Pann , born Abba Pfefferman , (* 1883 in Kreslawka , Vitebsk Governorate , Russian Empire , today Belarus ; † 1963 in Jerusalem , Israel ) was an Israeli artist.
Life
For three months, Pann was a drawing student at the first art academy in Belarus, founded by Yehuda Pen in Vitebsk at the beginning of the 20th century, at which Marc Chagall was also taught. In the following years he wandered through Poland and Russia as a sign painter before he was accepted at the Art Academy in Odessa in what is now Ukraine . In 1903 he witnessed the pogrom in Kishinev in Bessarabia . This experience led him to document the history of Judaism very often in his further artistic work .
In 1903 Pann went to Paris and enrolled as a student at the Académie Julian, studying with William Adolphe Bouguereau , among others . He earned his living with illustrations and drawings for the most popular magazines in Paris and the surrounding area. In 1912 he met Boris Schatz , the founder and director of the Jerusalem Bezalel Academy for Art and Design. Schatz invited him to come and work in Jerusalem. In 1913, Pann set off for Palestine via southern Europe and Egypt . There he was entrusted with the management of the painting department at the academy, as Schatz went on a trip abroad for several months to raise funds for the work of the academy.
The beginning of the First World War surprised Pann in France because he could not return to Palestine, which was part of the Ottoman Empire , as it was allied with the Central Powers . In France he became known for his depictions of the sufferings of the Jewish people between the fronts in Eastern Europe.
Pann returned to the Mandate Palestine in 1920 , where he began a series of lithographs on scenes from the Hebrew Bible. He went to Europe only once for a short time, in Vienna he bought a printing press for his lithographic work in Jerusalem and married Esther Nussbaum. His series of biblical prints was never completed, the planned edition of the Hebrew Bible never took place, also because of the Second World War and the Israeli War of Independence . The style of the drawings was kept in the style of orientalism . Contemporary Jewish artists in what was then Palestine included EM Lilien and Ze'ev Raban .
Exhibitions
- 1920: Paintings, Drawings, and Lithographs by Abel Pann , Art Institute of Chicago , Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1926: Abba Pfefferman , Galerie Eduard Schulte , Berlin.
- 1987: Abel Pann , Mayanot Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel.
- 2001: Abel Pann: The Painter of The Bible , Jewish Museum , Vienna. Catalog.
- 2003: Abel Pann Paints the Bible , Israel Museum , Jerusalem, Israel. Catalog.
Autobiography
- Odyssée d'un paintre israélien, ne en Russie tsariste et français d'adoption . 1996.
literature
- Shlomit Steinberg: The Image of the Biblical Woman as Femme Fatale in Abel Pann's Work . Hebrew University , Jerusalem, thesis (MA), 1991.
- Exhibition catalog: Shlomit Steinberg / Felix Salten: Abel Pann: The Painter of The Bible . Jewish Museum, Vienna 2001.
- Claus Stephani : The image of the Jew in modern painting. An introduction. / Imaginea evreului în pictura modernă. Introductiv study. Bilingual edition (Romanian / German). Editura Hasefer: Bucharest, 2005. ISBN 973-630-091-9
- Exhibition catalog: The Art of Abel Pann - From Montparnasse to the Land of The Bible . Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Web links
- Biography and works (en.)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pann, Abel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pfefferman, Abba (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kreslawka , Vitebsk Governorate , Russian Empire , today Belarus |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1963 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem , Israel |