Plum Street Temple Henry Mosler (Germany 1841-1920 New York) Cincinnati, OH 1866 Oil on canvas, h. 36 1/4 x w. 31 1/4 in. USA, 1866 Signature: Verso "HMosler 1866 pinxit" Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of Audrey Skirball Kenis, granddaughter of the artist, 41.259 Acclaimed for its Moorish-style decoration that became synonymous with synagogue architecture, [...]
Isaac M. Wise John Aubery (Kassel, Germany 1810-1893 Cincinnati, OH) Cincinnati, OH, 1879 Oil on canvas on panel, h. 99 x w. 66 in. Signature: Lower left recto “J Aubery Cincinnati 1879” Cincinnati Skirball Museum, 41.251 When this life-size portrait was painted, Isaac Mayer Wise (1819—1900) was sixty years old. Twenty-five years prior, he had [...]
Marcus Fechheimer John Aubery (Kassel, Germany 1810-1893 Cincinnati, OH) Cincinnati, OH, 1881 Oil on canvas, h. 48 x w. 38 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum purchase, Lucas Museum Fund, 2015, 2015.23 A noted Cincinnati industrialist and philanthropist, Marcus Fechheimer (1818-1881) was born in Bavaria and came to America in 1837, where he worked as a peddler [...]
Harry Houdini (1874–1926) Hal Reed (Oklahoma 1921-California 2003) USA, 1996 Bronze, h. 1 ¾ x w. 1 ¾ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, Jewish-American Hall of Fame Collection, gift of Mel and Esther Wacks, Debra Wacks, and Shari Wacks, 2019.7.55 The famed magician Harry Houdini was born Erik Weisz (later Ehrich Weiss) in Budapest, Hungary. [...]
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Robert Russin (New York, NY 1914-Los Angeles, CA 2007) USA, 1970 Bronze, h. 1 ¾ x w. 1 ¾ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, Jewish-American Hall of Fame Collection, gift of Mel and Esther Wacks, Debra Wacks, and Shari Wacks, 2019.7.3 One of the greatest physicists of all time, Albert Einstein was [...]
Samovar Nikolay Ivanovich Batashev (18?-1915) Tula, Russia, ca. 1870 Brass and wood, 18 ½ x 11 x 13 ¼” Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of the estates of Lily Arkowitz, Esther Arkowitz, and Elinor Sherman, 2012.1 Nikolay Ivanovich Batashev, the son and successor of Ivan Grigorevicha Batashev, was well known in Tula as a Jewish [...]
Statue of Liberty Lamp Manfred Anson (Germany 1922–2012 New Jersey) Brass; cast, engraved, h. 23 x w. 16 ½ x 7 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of Jerome S. and Suzanne Teller, 2017.1 Manfred Anson escaped Nazi Germany, found safe refuge in Australia, and eventually immigrated to America. This Hanukkah lamp’s individual statuettes were cast [...]
