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Saul Raskin Watercolor Lithograph New York City

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19 X 15 inches. framed Jewish Lower East side of New York Shtetl Street Scene titled "Gevirim... International Bankers" titled in hebrew and in english American Judaica. SAUL RASKIN (1886-1966) artist, born in nogaisk, russia, raskin studied painting at diffrent art schools in europe and in 1904 went to theu.s. raskin worked in many media and was known for his draftsmanlike attention to detail and his realist approach.
he painted mostly scenes of jewish life and lore especially jewish life on he old lower east side of new york. his trip to palestine yielded a series of paintings of old yishuv life there. among them 20 lithographs on jerusalem. raskin also ilustrated many hebrew texts and books. pirke avot 1940,  haggadah 1941, psalms 1942, the siddur book 1945, the kabbalah called kabalah in wrd and image 1952, and other works of jewish content such as hebrew rhapsody 1959. similar art nouveau style to ephraim moshe lilien. and josef budko.

Saul Raskin(1878-?), Russian/American. Etcher, lithographer, painter, illustrator, writer and lecturer. Member of: American Watercolor Society; Society of American Etchers; Audubon Artists; New York Watercolor Club. Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago (prize); Philadelphia Print Club (prize); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Annual, 1930. Work: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; Pittsfield Museum of Art; Virgina Museum of Fine Art; Library of Conress; Mus. Fine Art of Houston; Brooks Mem. Art Gal.; Newark Museum, Lib.; Charleson (SC) Mus.[Biography from Who Was Who in American Art, Falk]

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