The religious life of the delineated jew
The delineated jewish woman with oranges
19 November 2020
The delineated jew in the shtetl
19 November 2020
Prints from »The Wandering Museum« collection
Chełm, Muzeum Ziemi Chełmskiej
September 2011– October 2011This series constitutes a sub-collection of over seventy wood engravings. All
presenting Jewish practice, ritual objects, and various aspects of religious life
of the Polish Jews in the latter half of the 19th century. At the moment we hold
twenty-six graphic representations of nineteen synagogues, prayer houses
and batei midrash (mostly exteriors, occasionally interiors), undoubtedly the
crȇme de la crȇme of this segment of our collection. These temples were located
in various cities and towns of the former Republic of Poland, such as Będzin
(1 print), Brody (2), Gdańsk (1), Jurborg (1), Krakow (2), Łuck (1), Ostropol (1),
Mohilów (1), Nasielsk (1), Przysucha (1), Szarogród (2), Warsaw (5), Włocławek
(2); Wysokie Mazowieckie (1), Żółkiew (1), and Żwaniec (1). Two synagogues
remain unidentified, and the depictions of their interiors are likely imaginary.
Synagogue in Włocławek ↑ wood engraving based on a drawing from nature by Bronisław Podbielski engraved by Aleksander Regulski, Warsaw 1864
During Prayer → wood engraving based on a drawing by Michał Elwiro Andriolli engraved by Konstanty Przykorski, Warsaw 1876
A smaller, yet still substantial number (around twenty prints) portray Jewish
holidays and Jewish prayer. Seven depict Jewish cemeteries and funerals, and
only two Jewish weddings.
It is worth noting that Jewish life in these images is not always faithfully portrayed. Sometimes it is rather a representation of what the artists imagined, for lack of actual experience. And these artists include the most prominent graphic artists of the era: Michał Elwiro Andriolli (13 prints), Alexandre Bida, Józef Brandt, Walery Brochocki, Feliks Brzozowski, Julian Fałat, Aleksander Gierymski (2), Zygmunt Gloger, Adrian Głębocki, Maurycy Gottlieb, Wojciech Grabowski (5), Stanisław Grocholski (2), Artur Grottger, Sameuel Hirszenberg, Leopold Horowitz (2), Vincenz Katzler, Apoloniusz Kędzierski, Franciszek Kostrzewski (2), Julian Karczewski, Jan Kauzik, Antoni Kozakiewicz, Adolf Kozarski, Wilhelm Leopolski, Jan Matejko, Karol Nauman, Jana Felicjan Owidzki (2), Edmund Perle (2), Leon Piccard, Henryk Pillati (2), Bronisław Podbielski, Tadeusz Rybkowski, Alojzy Schönn, Wilhelm Augusta Stryowski (3), Wandalian Strzałecki, Władyslaw Szerner, (2), Franciszek Tepa vel Teppa, Stanisław Witkiewicz, and Władysław Zamarajew.
It is worth noting that Jewish life in these images is not always faithfully portrayed. Sometimes it is rather a representation of what the artists imagined, for lack of actual experience. And these artists include the most prominent graphic artists of the era: Michał Elwiro Andriolli (13 prints), Alexandre Bida, Józef Brandt, Walery Brochocki, Feliks Brzozowski, Julian Fałat, Aleksander Gierymski (2), Zygmunt Gloger, Adrian Głębocki, Maurycy Gottlieb, Wojciech Grabowski (5), Stanisław Grocholski (2), Artur Grottger, Sameuel Hirszenberg, Leopold Horowitz (2), Vincenz Katzler, Apoloniusz Kędzierski, Franciszek Kostrzewski (2), Julian Karczewski, Jan Kauzik, Antoni Kozakiewicz, Adolf Kozarski, Wilhelm Leopolski, Jan Matejko, Karol Nauman, Jana Felicjan Owidzki (2), Edmund Perle (2), Leon Piccard, Henryk Pillati (2), Bronisław Podbielski, Tadeusz Rybkowski, Alojzy Schönn, Wilhelm Augusta Stryowski (3), Wandalian Strzałecki, Władyslaw Szerner, (2), Franciszek Tepa vel Teppa, Stanisław Witkiewicz, and Władysław Zamarajew.
A Call to Prayer An engraving based on a drawing by Julian Fałat (copy of his own painting) engraved by K. Pomianowski, Warsaw 1881
The Interrupted Prayer [original title In the Inn] wood engraving based on a drawing by Stanisław Grocholski (copy of his own painting) engraved by Walenty Ciechomski, Warsaw 1883
Synagogue in Żółkiew wood engraving based on a drawing by Jan Matejko engraved by Antoni Zajkowski, Warsaw 1871