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Three Dimensions For The Jewish Artist
What is art? To this question a philosopher with a lively sense of humor answered: "Art is what artists do!" Simple enough. But 1rho is an artist? The answer to -that would be somewhat more complicated: An artist is one whose senses are sharp and acute, who has conceptions and who is able
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to realise them in his medium � that is, on paper, canvas, stone, bronze, etc.
So far, so clear. Here a third question arises: Does an artist, because he is so gifted, create art all the time, every day, every hour of his life, just because he is an artist? The answer must be: "No". There are intervals between one wave of creativeness and another. While the interval lasts the artist is not distinguishable from other people, yet he is likely to be in a cloud of unhappiness, even misery. Such intervals may last weeks, months or even years.
To cite my own art-life, I had to wait forty-three years before I was ready to do the work I am doing now. Waiting and hoping, I tried my hand at many other things until my first visit to our Eretz Israel in 1921 when I was 48. It was then thst my eyes opened to painting and I felt ready to serve my art
we arrive at a strange paradox-Jewish artists? Yes. Jewish Art? Problematic I
What is the meaning of this paradox? What is it that could make of the work of Jewish artists Jewish art? It would have to be distinctly national Jewish io its pattern and appearance as are all distinctly national art3, a* aie the art of Japan, China, India, Egypt, ancient Greece, Italy, Spain and Mexico.
Three paths would lead the Jewish artist to Jewish art. First � technical mastery. The Jew^h
artist most be technically proficient, masterful in his craft good in the business of drawing, painting, composition and all other aspects of art Amateurism will not do. The Jewish artist is a message-carrier, and a message delivered in the language of art must be perfect in its form, otherwise it will fall flat, no matter how noble the message may be. Aug-uste Rodin, the great French sculptor, said: /'Your art ideas may reach heaven but that the knee is drawn well." The Jewish artist is well qualified for that. His eyes are clear, sharp and good and bis fingers, hands and arms follow the lead of the eye. Have we not excelled as miniaturists, scribes, goldsmiths,
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The second consideration would be: What is a Jewish artist to do with his technical mastery in execution of works of art? The answer is�apply it to Jewish themes, serve his own people with his art, devote it to Jewish sub-
jects. All the great arts that bore a national countenance came about by the employment of the themes native to the peoples among whom they arose. Only by presenting the life of their people did the great artists arrive st a national style, the only thing that counts in the history of art.
I hear my critics ask: "Bat what is there to do in Jewish the*
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Is true of peoples. No matter how artistically gifted a people may be, It does not always create art The people of Greece furnish a classic example of that After the great art production of the ancient days more than two thousand years have passed and still the Greeks remain in a state of artistic exhaustion, unable * to achieve art of value. The same is true of the Egyptians, Hindus, Japanese, Italians. The same too is the case /with the Jewish people. Just as I had to wait forty-three years to be ready for art expression, so my people have had to wait two thousand years in order to be ready for Art
There is a prevailing opinion that the Jews are an inartistic people, that they have genius for religion, ethics, philosophy, commerce and other things, but not for art The truth, I maintain, is quite to the contrary; the Jews are specifically equipped for art. Creative ideas are constantly nurtured in their minds, emotions vibrate in their hearts1, and they are always eager to express them, which must result in art Jews, like the Prophets of old, are always eager to deliver a message to the world. They feel themselves addressing humanity and in order to be heard they raise their voices. In order to give fuller expression to their words they use their hands and limbs; it is an urge to deliver a message . . . and deliver H eloquently, as artists are apt to do.
For historic reasons) we were long prevented from expressing ourselves in the plastic arts, perhaps, because among other reasons, as a people we did not have our own "studio", our own land in which to work. In the present day this mode of creativeness has burst out with unprecedented vigour and richness. Academies are full of Jewish students, museums and galleries are full of works by Jewish men and women of talent leaders in many fields, in painting, drawing, sculpture, graphics, decorations and what not Not merely in one or two countries, but all over the world, the Jew entered the field of art la great numbers and fores. Here
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