Jacob Kramer 1892-1962
Design for a Programme (Pioneers), c. 1920
charcoal, gouache and pencil on paper
38 x 30 cm
signed (lower left): Kramer; (verso): Jacob Kramer Design for a programme
1987-191
@The William Roberts Society, London
Photo: Bridgeman images
Following the 1917 Balfour Declaration, Jacob Kramer was one of several artists engaged in the creation of visual propaganda in support of the establishment of a Jewish national home in...
Following the 1917 Balfour Declaration, Jacob Kramer was one of several artists engaged in the creation of visual propaganda in support of the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine. His Design for a Programme (Pioneers) features a striking design with an heroic figure toiling under a prominent Star of David.
Provenance
presented by Mrs E HurwitzLiterature
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. 64.1
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