JEWISH ART by Reuven Robinson
I have expressed my "Jewishness" through Visual Art. Being Jewish is central to my core. I have a "neshomah", a soul. As I paint murals, make prints or simply create sketches, that neshomah cries for expression.
I am influenced by my grandparents' generation, those who braved the ocean and fled Europe. It is my grandpa's stories of the shtetl that continue to haunt me and whenever I make "Jewish" art, I illustrate those clad in almost shtetl garb, just the way my own congregational rabbi dresses.
I want the young generation to recognize that this is their heritage as well, which is another reason I continue to make paintings and drawings like those below. Note: JEWISH STUDENT ART FOLLOWS THE PICTURES BELOW.
I have expressed my "Jewishness" through Visual Art. Being Jewish is central to my core. I have a "neshomah", a soul. As I paint murals, make prints or simply create sketches, that neshomah cries for expression.
I am influenced by my grandparents' generation, those who braved the ocean and fled Europe. It is my grandpa's stories of the shtetl that continue to haunt me and whenever I make "Jewish" art, I illustrate those clad in almost shtetl garb, just the way my own congregational rabbi dresses.
I want the young generation to recognize that this is their heritage as well, which is another reason I continue to make paintings and drawings like those below. Note: JEWISH STUDENT ART FOLLOWS THE PICTURES BELOW.
NOAH'S ARK. Medium: Plexiglas and acrylic paint.
Cohen Gadol (High Priest) from the CHANUKAH ACTIVITY BOOK ( a holiday activity book of mazes by Reuven Robinson)
from the CHANUKAH ACTIVITY BOOK.
Menorah maze, from the CHANUKAH ACTIVITY BOOK.
Holy Temple maze, from the CHANUKAH ACTIVITY BOOK.
from the CHANUKAH ACTIVITY BOOK.
Reuven's visual interpretation of a passage from the "Songs of Songs"
Chanukah card cover
Jewish United Fund News cover: " Jewish Foods ".
Ad book cover: Noah's Ark
Holiday of Succos
My Daughters Light Their Menorah
A Jewish Teachers Magazine Cover
Synagogue Ad Book Cover: Jewish Comedians
My Great Grandfather, Myself and the Alt Neu Shul of Prague
Macabee Soldier (relief sculpture, Fimo clay)
JUF News Cover on Jewish Foods
The Artist At Age Twenty-one
from a photo of the great Enrico Caruso, circa 1906 dressed as Eliezar in the opera La Juive.
Omer Calendar, by 10th grader, Temple Chai, Buffalo Grove, IL.
DRAWING OF A HASIDIC JEW (medium: pencil.
This drawing came from my "collective memory", that is, no model was used.NOTE: STUDENT ART WORK FOLLOWS BELOW.
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student art from Jewish Art Workshops
Jerusalem Birthday Card Project, two card covers. Chicago area religious schools.
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page from Chanukah activity book, by Reuven Robinson
Shabbat and Yom Tovim banners, by students, Congregation Bnai Emunah religious school, Skokie, IL
You see paintings, crayon- paintings of the Passover Haggadah, Jerusalem Birthday cards,Purim & Sukkah banners, Yiddish Kites,veggie-print menorah & many more images.
Holocaust Study. Media: collage & printmaking.
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Yiddish Kite, a real working kite, made by student, religious school, Beth Israel Congregation, Hammond, IN,
Menorah, vegetable print, by Reuven Robinson.
Gate of Jerusalem print, by 6th grade student.
from top left: Jewish name print by high schooler, Midrasha High School Program, Purim textile banner, Congregation Bnai Tikvah, Deerfield, IL, History of Israel banner also by Bnai Tikvah students.
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