Bronze plaque titled "Sounds of The Shofar", in wood frame, bronze apprx 22-1/2" x 17-3/4". Please see details page for more information.
Born in Lithuania, Schatz was sent to Vilna to study in a yeshivah. He broke from his religious upbringing and education to pursue his interest in art. In 1889 he went to Paris and trained as a sculptor and painter in a traditional, academic style. While in Paris he began to achieve recognition and at the invitation of Prince Ferdinand, Schatz moved to Bulgaria in 1895 as a court sculptor, and there founded the Royal Academy of Art in Sofia. n 1906 he moved to Eretz Yisrael and founded the Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem. Bezalel was a school for crafts as well as for graphic art. His work is in such major institutions as the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma and The Israel National Museum to name a few.
5,000/10,000
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