JUDAICA YOSSI STERN VINTAGE ENGRAVING BRASS MOSK IN JAFFA ARAB FIGURE SIGNED

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JUDAICA YOSSI STERN VINTAGE ENGRAVING BRASS MOSK IN JAFFA ARAB FIGURE SIGNED :
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JUDAICAYOSSI STERN VINTAGE ENGRAVING ON BRASS BOARDISRAEL,1960sMOSK INJAFFA & ARAB FIGURE SIGNED INHEBREW LOWER RIGHTWOODEN FRAMEOF THE TIMESIZE: 29.8x 22 cm. (11.7 x 8.6”)SIZE WITHFRAME: 31 x 23.2 cm. (12.2 x 9.1”)LIGHTWEAR TO FRAME

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Yossi(Joseph) Stern was born far from his present world, in the Bakon Hills ofHungary, in 1923. He was already drawing when at the age of ten he moved withhis family to Budapest.

WhenHitler\'s bestial horror with its promise of death sounded in 1939, the youngartist made for Palestine in an old ship, only to be declared an illegalimmigrant and sent to a prison camp for six months. In 1943, there were thosewho saw his talent and he was enrolled in the Bezalel school of Arts and Craftsin Jerusalem. Outstanding as a student, he became a teacher of Graphic Artsthere.

Stern isrecognized in Israel as one of its most delightful artists. His drawings areexhibited and appear in many publications. They are the man and his world.Their grace and charm show that he has understood Gustave Flaubert\'\'s remark:\"If your work of art is good, if it is true, it will find its echo andmake its place.\"

Stern, aHolocaust survivor from Hungary, put special emphasis in his drawings ondepicting the “new Jew,” a sabra, wearing shorts, sandals and looking tough.
But along with his popular drawings, particularly for children books and thepress, Stern slowly earned a place as a serious painter whose work was knownworldwide. He was also a popular art teacher at the Bezalel Arts Academy here.
Stern died Saturday morning, after a month of hospitalization. Following asecond heart attack, he sank into a coma, from which he did not wake up.Seven years ago, at the age of 62, Stern made news by coming out with asurprise announcement that he was homosexual.“I was never in a closet, and therefore I never came out of it,” he told theIsraeli daily Yediot Achronot during an interview.“I have always treated the intimate part of life discreetly. Whoever asked, Ialways told the truth, but people didn’t ask,” he said.Rumor had it that he had a long affair with the American conductor LeonardBernstein. Stern did not deny this but hated the fact it had become a rumor,stressing that he wanted to keep his private life private.
“There are three men whom I go to bed with every night,” he used to say.“Marcus Aurelius, Baruch Spinoza and Martin Buber.”But his openly admitted love affair was with Jerusalem. Mayor Teddy Kolleknamed him “the Painter of Jerusalem.”Stern spent many long hours painting the city that he loved. He used to spendhours on end, walking along the streets, the alleys, swallowing the city in hismind, and then come home and record his impressions on canvas.Loved by so many, in a way he was always an outsider. He has never had anexhibition at the Israel Museum, on the hill across the valley from his home.He had few exhibitions abroad.But so many books are illustrated with his drawings, so many walls in Israelcarry a Yossi Stern. He had, in fact, become an integral part of Israeliculture, perhaps more than he realized.