Moishe Broderzon (7 results)

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Small octavo, red cloth with black lettering, 269 pp., b/w drawings, bibliography Text is in Yiddish. This volume of the Musterverk series is not published by YIVO, but it is numbered in the YIVO series.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Small octavo, brown cloth, 269 pp., b/w drawings, bibliography Text is in Yiddish. This volume of the Musterverk series is not published by YIVO, but it is numbered in the YIVO series.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. Szyk, Arthur (1894-1951) (illustrator). In Yiddish. Incomplete. There are only 54 pages here, out of 82 or91. Present are: title page and verso, 2 unnumbered leaves. paes 7-8, 15-54, 75-78. Illustrated by Arthur Szyk. Leaves have been deacidified but are still fragile. WorldCat: Libraries worldwide that own this book: 7. 225 x 170 mm. Back wrapper lacking. own for his World War II anti-Nazi political art and his beloved Passover Haggadah, 20th century artist Arthur Szyk single-handedly revived the medieval tradition of illumination. A master of miniature painting and calligraphy, Szyk brought his unmistakable style to subjects as diverse as biblical stories, literary classics, and political caricature and cartoon. Many of his works were published as limited edition fine art books and as editorials in periodicals such as Collier's, Esquire, TIME, and The New York Post. Other popular works, such as his celebrated Declaration of Independence of the United States, were reproduced and widely distributed as fine art prints. A self-described "soldier in art," Szyk was a committed activist-artist, advocating for religious tolerance and racial equality for minorities, especially for Jews and black Americans. Today, collectors around the globe prize Szyk's art for its vibrant imagery and messages, which remain as stunning and timely as ever.Moishe Broderzon (November 23, 1890 Moscow - August 17, 1956 Warsaw) was a Yiddish poet, theatre director, and the founder of the Lodz literary group Yung-yidish. In 1891 his family was among the Jews expelled from Moscow. His father moved to Lodz, his mother took her children to her father's home in Nesvizh (now in Belarus). In 1900, the family was reunited in Lodz. He became a bookkeeper and began writing short narratives in the Yiddish press. In 1914 he issued a collection of his poems called Shvartse fliterlekh (Black Spangles). He was a founder of Yung-Yidish artists collaborative. Broderson's extravagant appearance made an impression on the Yiddish cultural circles organized around the Yiddish and Hebrew writer Yitschak Katzenelson. Broderzon had long, thick black hair, Pushkin-style sideburns, and a black shirt characteristic of a Russian worker. He was the only poet in Lodz to wear amber and coral necklaces, and rings on his fingers. When the Germans invaded Lodz Broderson and his wife fled to Moscow, became Russian citizens, and began publishing his poetry in the Yiddish press. With friends he established the Krayzl fun Yidish Natsyonaler Estetik (Circle for Jewish National Aesthetic). In 1918 he founded (with El Lissitzky, and writers Daniel Tsharni, Gershon Broyde, and Menashe Halpern) the Moscow Circle of Jewish Writers and Artists. In 1918 he returned to Lodz and was a founder of the literary group Yung-yidish, which published a journal of the same name. The journal featured poetry, prose, and experimental art. His wife, Sheyne-Miryam, was an actress famed for a chasidic dance routine. Broderzon founded several theatres in Lodz: In 1922, with Yekhezkl-Moyshe Nayman, Yitschok Broyner, and Henech Kon he created the Yiddish Marionette Theater Khad Gadyo (Chad-gadye, Khad-gadye), and Shor habor, a variety theater. In 1924 he and Henekh Kon wrote the music for the first Yiddish opera performed in Warsaw, Dovid un Basheve (David and Bathseba), performed in Warsaw's Kaminski Theater; he wrote a libretto for the opera Monish based on I. L. Peretz's epic romantic poem. In 1926 he began writing for the Azazel theater cafe in Warsaw. In 1927 he was one of the founders of the kleynkunst stage Ararat in Lodz, an experimental theater that featured the actors Shimon Dzigan and Israel Shumacher. He often wrote articles about Yiddish theater. His final lyrics, which appeared in 1939 with the single letter Yud as title, comprise 50 poems of 16 lines each, laden with tragic premonitions of the end of Polish Jewry in a coming world catastrophe. He was arrested in 1950, sentenced to a Siberian prison, was released in 1956 and died a month later.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Lissitzky, Eliezer Eli (illustrator). In Yiddish. 9 leaves plus covers. 305 x 240 mm. Copied from the sole existing exemplar published in Moscow in 1917. A poetic Yiddish narration of a legend found "in the chronicles of the Prague Jewish Community." In fact, the text was written by the Russian poet and theatre director Moshe Broderzon and published in Moscow along with Lissitzky's illustrations. The story is located in the Prague ghetto and is illustrated with scenes and figures inspired by the art, architecture and inhabitants of an eastern European shtetl. Within a limited edition of 110 pieces, only a handful (variously estimated at between 12 and 20 copies), were issued in scroll form and hand-colored by the artist. The illustrations are nestled within and around the columns of text, the original of which was penned by a professional sofer (scribe) in the distinctive square Hebrew script used for Torah Scrolls and other sacred books. Lissitzky wanted to merge this familiar and immediately recognizable Hebrew script with his own highly ornamental drawing in order to achieve what he hoped would be a perfect harmony with the content and the style of narration. Eli Lissitzky was born Lazar Markovich Lisitskii on November 23, 1890 in Pochinok in the Russian province of Smolensk, and he grew up I Vitebsk. As a Jews, he was refused admission to the Art Academy of St. Petersburg and studied architecture in Darmstadt, Germany. At the outbreak of the First World War, he returned to Russia and two years later, began to exhibit with the celebrated painter Kazimir Malevich. When Marc Chagall was appointed the director of the school of art in Vitebsk, he invited El Lissitzky to join him as professor of architecture and graphics. Actively interested in the revival of Jewish art in Russia, Lissitzky aspired to create a Jewish style by merging ideas in Jewish folk art with Western European modern art. His folkloristic images were influenced by the works of Chagall as well as the richly painted interiors of wooden synagogues in the Dnieper River region. El Lissitzky, tougher with Issachar Ber Ryback, explored the art and architecture of close to two hundred of these synagogues on an expedition sponsored by the Jewish Ethnological Society in 1916. In 1921 he was appointed professor at the Moscow Academy but soon left Russia to join other émigré artists who had left Russia for countries more receptive to radical aesthetic ideas. He lived and worked in Germany, France, Holland, and Switzerland, and at one time collaborated with Ilya Ehrenburg in the publication of a constructivist magazine. Lissitzky had however, maintained his links with the Soviet regime, and in 1928 returned to Russia where the government employed him to design pavilions at a number of international exhibitions abroad, as well as the restaurant at the Soviet section at of the 1939 New World's Fair. In 1941 El Lissitzky died of tuberculosis at the age of 51. Moishe Broderzon (November 23, 1890 - August 17, 1956) was a Yiddish poet, theatre director, and the founder of the Lodz literary group Yung-yiddish. He was born 1890 in Moscow, but his family was among the Jews expelled in 1891. His father moved to Lodz; his mother took her children to her father's home in Nesvizh (Nieswiez), Belorussia. In 1900, the family was reunited in Lodz. He became a bookkeeper and began writing short narratives in the Yiddish press in Lodz. In 1914 he issued a collection of his poems called Shvartse fliterlekh (Black Spangles). He was a founder of Yung-Yidish artists collaborative. Broderson's extravagant appearance quickly made an impression on the Yiddish cultural circles organized around the tutelary figure of the Yiddish and Hebrew writer Yitschak Katzenelson. Broderzon had long, thick black hair, Pushkin-style sideburns, and a black shirt characteristic of a Russian worker. He was the only poet in Lodz to wear amber and coral necklaces, and rings on his fingers. When the Germans invaded Lodz, Broderson moved to Moscow, , , ,

Dura. Condition: Muy Bueno. Dust Jacket Condition: Usado.

Dura. Condition: Muy Bueno. Dust Jacket Condition: Usado.

In original paper. Modernist illustration by Broderzon on the title page . (illustrator). First Edition. Modernist illustration by Broderzon on the title page. In original paper. 31, [3] pages. Dramatic poem in Yiddish by Moishe Broderzon (1890-1956) - poet and playwright, a prominent artist in the Jewish avant-garde movement. Good condition. Minor stains and creases. Several marginal tears to a few leaves (not affecting text). Original paper wrappers, slightly damaged.