Steinhardt, Jakob (Israel, 1887-1968) Oil Painting. “Woman Praying.” Oil on artist board. Signed lower right Steinhardt 51. In good condition, there are six small visible chips. Measures 20” x 24”. Frame measures 29 ” x 33 ”.

From Askart: Jakob Steinhardt, the painter and woodcut artist, was born in Zerkow, Germany in 1887. In 1906 he studied at the School of Art in Berlin. In 1907 Steinhardt studied painting with Louis Corinth and engraving with Herman Struck. In 1908-10 he continued his advanced studies in Paris with Matisse and Steinlen and in 1911 in Italy. He taught in Bezalel, Jerusalem and was director from 1953-57. Steinhardt won international prizes for his wood-cuts from 1955-58 . From wikipedia: Jacob Steinhardt was born in Zerkw, Germany (now Poland). He attended the School of Art in Berlin in 1906, then studied painting with Louis Corinth and engraving with Hermann Struck in 1907. From 1908 to 1910 he lived in Paris, where he associated with Henri Matisse and Thophile Steinlen, and in 1911 he was in Italy. When World War I broke out, he enlisted in the German Army, and served on the Eastern Front in Poland and Lithuania, and then in Macedonia. After the war, he returned to Berlin, and in 1922 married Minni Gumpert. They immigrated to Palestine in 1933, after he was harassed by the German police, dominated by the Nazis who recently came to power. Steinhardt died in 1968. He is buried in Nahariya. Jacob Steinhardt worked mainly in woodcuts depicting biblical and Jewish subjects. He participated in the Berlin Secession and founded the Pathetiker Group.[1] He was a member of the Bezalel school group. In 1934, Steinhardt opened an art school in Jerusalem. In 1948, he became Chairman of the Graphics Department at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. He served as director of the school in 1954-1957. The Jewish Museum Berlin houses the largest Steinhardt collection in the world, including numerous graphic artworks and unpublished documents donated by Josefa Bar-On Steinhardt, the artist's daughter. The museum owns paintings, several hundred print graphics, and a collection of books illustrated by the artist.[2] It is also possible to discover some of his work at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt.