Upper Galilee, Mt. Tabor

Jewish Cincinnati
Upper Galilee, Mt. Tabor Josef Warkany (1903-1992) 1970 Etching, 9.75" x 7.75" Gift of Steve Warkany, 2015.37 Josef Warkany is generally remembered for his work in medicine, not his artistic ability. His is called the father of teratology, which is the scientific study of congenital abnormalities and abnormal formations. He is renowned for his work [...]

Otto Szasz

Jewish Cincinnati
Otto Szasz Josef Warkany (1903-1992) c. 1940s Etching, 7-7/8" x 10" Gift of Steve Warkany, 2015.36 Josef Warkany is generally remembered for his work in medicine, not his artistic ability. His is called the father of teratology, which is the scientific study of congenital abnormalities and abnormal formations. He is renowned for his work in [...]

Tower of David

Torah
Tower of David Saul Raskin 1924 Oil on board Gift of Marilyn and David Reichert, 2015.21

Creation or The Burning Bush

Torah
Creation or The Burning Bush Shraga Weil (1918-2009) Israel, c. 1989 Lithograph, 48" x 37.5" Gift of Dr. Alfred Gottschalk and Deanna Gottschalk, 66.2837

Portrait of Nelson Glueck

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Portrait of Nelson Glueck Bernard Safran (New York 1924–1995 New Brunswick, Canada)Oil on board, 1963Cincinnati Skirball Museum    Time Magazine CoverDecember 13, 1963Vol. 82 No. 24    Nelson Glueck (1900–1971), president of Hebrew Union College for thirty-four years, was best known for his work in biblical archeology. Many artifacts that were found under his direction [...]

Nelson Glueck

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Nelson Glueck Joseph Margulies (Vienna, Austria 1896–1984 New York) Oil on canvas, 1957 Cincinnati Skirball Museum    Nelson Glueck (1900–1971) was born to a struggling Lithuanian immigrant Jewish family in Cincinnati. He was ordained a rabbi at Hebrew Union College in 1923. Supported by HUC, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Jena, Germany [...]