Lionel S. Reiss - Listed Artist - Etching - Signed And Numbered - 25x32 - Musicians

In the early 1920s, Lionel S. Reiss (1894-1988), American painter, watercolorist and draftsman, made a career-altering decision to leave a lucrative position as a commercial illustrator and concentrate on becoming a fine artist. Seeking a source of artistic inspiration to facilitate the transition from commercial to fine art, he embarked on a journey to old Jewish ghettos all over the world. Before leaving for Europe in 1922, Reiss was interviewed by reporters from newspapers and Jewish-interest periodicals. He said: "If I follow in the footsteps of the wandering Jew, I shall go into almost every corner of the globe. The traces of their customs and legends, which the Jews have left in various places, have long been reproduced here and there, spasmodically, by different writers and artists, but never as a historical whole, and so it is my big task to create a memorial of the world’s ghettos."

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Maria Stanton and Dan Lavender | (914) 830-1995 | Maria.stanton@icloud.com

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Armonk, NY 10504

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Sunday, 6/13, 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm

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