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Subject(s)

• Orloff, Chana 1888-1968 [Browse]
• Sculptors—Israel—Biography [Browse]
• Women sculptors—Israel—Biography [Browse]

Related name

• Orloff, Chana, 1888-1968 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Biographies [Browse]

Series

HBI series on Jewish women [More in this series]

Summary note

"The first biography of sculptor Chana Orloff, and the first to include stories from her unpublished "memoir," which focus on the artist's early life in Ukraine, her family's move to Palestine and Orloff's life there (1905-1910), and her subsequent years between Paris and Tel Aviv"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Ukrainian Beginnings, 1888-1905
• 2. Moving to the Promised Land, 1905-1907
• 3. Becoming a New Hebrew Woman, 1907-1910
• 4. Paris: from Haute Couture to Avant-Garde, 1910-1913
• 5. Forging a Career at the Onset of War, 1913-1916
• 6. Orloff during Wartime: Amazon, Mother and Widow, 1916-1919
• 7. Portraitist of Montparnasse: 1919-1925
• 8. Villa Seurat: Building a Studio and a Community, 1926-1929
• 9. Transatlantic Travel and Networks, 1929-1930
• 10. From Paris to Tel Aviv: The Jewish Art World in the Pre-State period of 1930s
• 11. Occupation and Escape, 1938-1942
• 12. Exile and Return, 1942-1948
• 13. "Israeli Artist of the École de Paris," 1948-1968
• 14. Conclusion: Legacy in Israel & France.

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ISBN

• 9781684581139 (hardcover)
• 1684581133 (hardcover)

LCCN

2022037390

OCLC

1340656427

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