Maurice Sochachewsky 1918-1969
Old City of Jerusalem
oil on canvas
49 x 69.1 cm
(lower right): Sochachewsky
1994-23
@Maurice Sochachewsky estate
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery
The Old City, Jerusalem, is home to several sites of key religious importance including the Temple Mount and Western Wall for Jews, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Christians...
The Old City, Jerusalem, is home to several sites of key religious importance including the Temple Mount and Western Wall for Jews, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Christians and the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque for Muslims. Sochachewsky visited Israel in 1949 and both drew and painted a number of landscapes and cityscapes on his travels, including this atmospheric painting capturing the lively bustle of the Old City.
Provenance
presented by Barbara Grahame 1994Literature
Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 148.1
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