Guide to the Saul Raskin Collection
1960-1966
Collection Overview | |
| Creator: | Raskin, Saul, 1878-1966 |
| Title: | Saul Raskin collection |
| Dates: | 1960-1966 |
| Size: | 1 folder |
| Abstract: | Saul Raskin was a Kiev-born painter who became was famous for his work on Jewish subjects. He painted biblical scenes, depictions of everyday life in Palestine, and surrealist cycles. His important work Land of Palestine combined drawings, paintings, and short essays on the subject of daily life in the Holy Land. The collection contains cards, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and publicity forms related to Raskin. |
| Languages: | Materials are in English. |
| Call No: | 1986.006 |
Finding aid encoded December, 2008
Finding aid encoded in English.
Saul Raskin was a Kiev-born painter who became was famous for his work on Jewish subjects. He painted biblical scenes, depictions of everyday life in Palestine, and surrealist cycles. His important work Land of Palestine combined drawings, paintings, and short essays on the subject of daily life in the Holy Land.
The collection contains cards, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and publicity forms related to the painter Saul Raskin. Also included is correspondence with Morris Katcher (1960), an announcement for The New Face of Israel and Ovinu Malkenu - Our Father, Our King, an invitation to the opening of "Personal Surrealism" by Saul Raskin, Hebraica Gallery, 5 West 16th Street, clippings from Scientific American, 202-3 (March), and a New York Times obituary (September 23, 1966).
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