The painting "Day of Atonement" ''is one of three masterpieces on religious themes painted by Gottlieb which reflect the personal conflict of the artist as to his identity as a Jew, a Polish citizen or a man of the Enlightenment... The painting is based on the artist's memories of the [[synagogue]] in his childhood home of Drohowicz. '' [http://www.tamuseum.com/museum/masters/mauritzio.htm] ("Yom Kippur" or "Day of Atonement" is the most important holiday of the Jewish year.) | The painting "Day of Atonement" ''is one of three masterpieces on religious themes painted by Gottlieb which reflect the personal conflict of the artist as to his identity as a Jew, a Polish citizen or a man of the Enlightenment... The painting is based on the artist's memories of the [[synagogue]] in his childhood home of Drohowicz. '' [http://www.tamuseum.com/museum/masters/mauritzio.htm] ("Yom Kippur" or "Day of Atonement" is the most important holiday of the Jewish year.) |