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 [...]
Megillah in Empty Wine Bottle Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) USA, 2017 Colored pencil on paper, h. 16 x w. 20 in, Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of the artist, ©Mark Podwal, 2018.5.15 Inspired by this miniature Scroll of Esther in the Skirball collections, the artist has made a playful reference to the Purim [...]
Gragger (Noisemaker) Peter Ehrenthal (1920-2022) USA, 1960 Silver B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz, 1980, TAP 0072 The Jewish festival of Purim celebrates the continued resilience of the Jewish people. The Purim story is related in the Book of Esther, a melodramatic tale of court intrigue in [...]
Judah Magnes (1877–1948) Victor Ries (Germany 1907-2013 California) USA, 1969 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, 2019.7.1 Born in San Francisco, Magnes grew up in Oakland and was the first native Californian [...]
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. [...]
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) Alex Shagin (b. Russia, 1947) USA, 1995 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, 2019.7.53 Elie Wiesel was born in the town of Sighet, now part of Romania. In 1944, [...]
Spanish Expulsion (1492) and Luis Torres (d. 1492) Paul Vincze (Hungary 1907-1994 France) London, England, 1986 Bronze, dia. 2 ¼ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, Jewish-American Hall of Fame Collection, gift of Mel and Esther Wacks, Debra Wacks, and Shari Wacks, 2019.7.47 This medal commemorates the 500th anniversary of the voyage of Christopher Columbus across the [...]
Benny Goodman (1909–1966) Marika Somogyi (b. Budapest, Hungary 1933) USA, 1989 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, 2019.7.41 Benjamin David Goodman grew up in a tough Chicago neighborhood. His father took Benny [...]
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 [...]
