Maurycy Gottlieb

[[Image:Gottlieb-Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.jpg|thumb|Day of Atonement (Jews at Prayer on Yom Kippur), done in Vienna in 1878.]] '''Maurycy Gottlieb''' (Drohobych 1856 - Krakow 1879) was a Polish-Jewish [[painter]]. He was born in Drohobych (at that time Austria-Hungary). Gottlieb studied in Lvov, Vienna, Munich and Krakow. At the age of twenty, Gottlieb won a gold medal from a [[Munich]] [[art]] competition for ''Shylock and Jessica''. <blockquote> As a Polish-Jewish artist, Gottlieb is unique. As a Polish painter, he is considered to be the best of his generation. [http://www.eeweems.com/maurycy_gottlieb/] </blockquote> 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.) Gottlieb was extremely prolific, painting more than 300 works (some unfinished). {{Clear}} == See also == *[[Painting Schools]] *[[Painting Masterpieces]] *[[Gallery of Jewish Painting]] == External links == *[http://eeweems.com/maurycy_gottlieb/ Maurycy Gottlieb] *[http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/web/arts_culture/painting/painters/GottliebM/link.shtml Maurycy Gottlieb] Poland on the Web. *[http://artyzm.com/e_artysta.php?id=511 Maurycy Gottlieb] Gallery of Polish Painting Masterpieces. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gotlieb, Maurycy}} [[Category:Painters]]