The God Seekers.

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RUBIN, Reuven.

The God Seekers.

The God Seekers.

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Stock Code 90808

Tel Aviv, Hapoel Hatzair, 1923

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Complete portfolio of Rubin's woodcut prints. Reuven Rubin (born Zelicovici, 1893–1974) was one of the most prominent Israeli painters and Israel's first ambassador to Romania. He was one of the pioneers on the Eretz-Yisrael painting style. His art is said to be reflecting the light and spirituality of the Land of Israel.

The Eretz-Yisrael painting school was a movement active in the Holy Land during the 1920s and 1930s. These artists rebelled against the Bezalel school, which according to the rebels was too 'Galut-riddled' (Galut meaning exile or Diaspora in Hebrew). They were the voice of the Modern art in the Holy Land, who looked for new ways of artistic expression.

The God Seekers combine images of Jewish tradition and mysticism with views of the Holy Land at the time of the Third Aliyah. Some of these motives reoccur later in Rubin's oils (such as The Dancers of Miron). Some Israeli art critics compared these images to German Expressionism and saw in them an expression of national and spiritual resurrection.

In 1924 Rubin sent this album as a gift to Herbert Louis Samuel, who was High Commissioner of Palestine at the time, who was the first practising Jew (although noted for his personal atheism), to serve as a Cabinet minister and who went on to become the leader of the British Labour party. The album was sent back to Rubin with the explanation that the Commissioner does not sympathise with this sort of art.

No. 46 of an edition of 115, limitation page with original wax seal; 12 original woodcut prints (52 x 35.5 cm), signed by the artist in pencil; 2 title sheets & 2 contents sheets in Hebrew & English, printed in black & umber.

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