D. Mandel
Portrait of Adolph Michaelson
oil on board
67 x 54.5
(lower left): 'MANDEL'
1987-265
@D. Mandel estate
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery
Adolph Michaelson (born Osher Michaelowski in Poland) was the Superintendent of the Jews' Temporary Shelter in Mansell Street, Whitechapel from 1912–1940, assisted by his wife, Sarah, as Matron. Michaelson was...
Adolph Michaelson (born Osher Michaelowski in Poland) was the Superintendent of the Jews' Temporary Shelter in Mansell Street, Whitechapel from 1912–1940, assisted by his wife, Sarah, as Matron. Michaelson was elected Chairman of the Ben Uri Art Society from 1926–45 (although during the Second World War the gallery closed in late 1939, reopening in January 1944). Mandel's portrait of Michaelson was displayed at Ben Uri's annual exhibition of works by Jewish artists in May-June 1935 (with the artist's initial given as 'E').
Provenance
presented by Mrs Adolph MichaelsonLiterature
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. 74.1
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