Arieh Allweil Megillat Esther Original Linocuts 1st ed. Palestine 1930s Rare

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Arieh Allweil Megillat Esther Original Linocuts 1st ed. Palestine 1930s Rare :
$149.00

Judaica Arieh Allweil Original Linocut
Megillat Esther
Tel-Aviv, Palestine, 1930s, 1st ed. 23 double pages (first 2 an one last are cut)
Hard cover, 23 x 14.5 cm.
Condition: cover slightly worn, rubbed to edges,
Small foxing stains to cover and edges.
Tears to spine
Yellow paper, front edges slightly damaged by beetles
Soilling stains to edges of first 4 pages
One page with light brown stain, 2 last pages with some foxing stainsARIEH ALLWEIL [ARIE ALWEIL] 1901-1967
Galicia 1901-1967 Safed, Israel (Ukranian/Polish/Israeli)Arieh Allweil. b. 1901, Galicia. Immigrated 1920. Studies: 1921-25 Art Academy, Vienna; Dresden Academy. Teaching: In Israel, art. Prizes: Received Dizengoff Prize twice; 1955 Turov Prize for Bible Illustrations. Published series of linoleum cuts of Israeli and Biblical subjects, also illustrated a Passover Haggada and large scale murals of Holocaust. From 1952 until his death lived in Tel Aviv and in Safed in summer. Died 1967, Safed.Arieh Allweil, painter, born 1901, Galicia. Immigrated 1920. Published series of linoleum cuts of Israeli and Biblical subjects, also illustrated a Passover Haggada and large scale murals of the Holocaust. From 1952 until his death lived in Tel Aviv, and in Safed in summer. Died 1967, Safed.Education1921-25 Art Academy, Vienna, Austria1921-25 Dresden Academy, GermanyTeachingHerzliyah Gymnasium High-School, Israel, art.Tel Aviv High SchoolAwards And Prizes1937 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa1946 Dizengoff Prize1955 Turov Prize for Bible Illustrations