Bernard Reder: Legends of Noah 1956 / American Czech Jewish Bible Genesis Modern

Description: Bernard Reder 1897, Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (today Ukraine) - 1963, New York City"The Legends of Noah", 1956 Original Hand-Signed Woodcut From the set of woodcuts "The Legends of Noah" published by Galleria d'Arte Moderna L'Indiano, Florence, 1956 Artist Name: Bernard Reder Title: "The Legends of Noah" Signature Description: Hand-signed lower right Numbered "23/65" lower left Technique: Woodcut Size: 38 x 47 cm / 14.96" x 18.5" inch Frame: Unframed Condition: Good condition with no tears, rips, holes, wrinkles, repairs, wear, paint peelings or losses, some light aging marks on the margins consistent with age and use Artist's Biography: Bernard Reder (1897, Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary (today Ukraine) -1963, New York City) was an artist, sculptor, etcher, engraver and architect, born in Czernowitz, Bukovina, (Tchernikov, Bokovina) part of Austria before World War II and a centre of Jewish and Hasidic culture. His subjects were drawn from Jewish folklore, from Greek mythology, the Bible, and also from François Rabelais.Reder is quoted as having said, "We were born already drunk with fantasy," referring to his early life in Bukovina. The son of a Jewish innkeeper, at 17 he was conscripted into the Austrian army and spent World War I in the trenches. He went on to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. While working on his sculptures in his spare time, he supported himself by carving cemetery monuments. He moved to Prague in 1930 because of anti-Semiticdemonstrations. In 1935 Reder had his first solo exhibition at the gallery of Manes, an association of artists in Prague.Two years later, in 1937, he moved to Paris and became a good friend of the sculptor and painter Aristide Maillol. In 1940 he exhibited at the Wildenstein Gallery in Paris. Later that year, Reder was forced to flee Paris to escape from the Nazis, and Maillol secured a passage for him and his wife to travel to Spain, where he was imprisoned for illegal entry. On his release, they travelled to Havana, Cuba, where Reder influenced many artists.All the works in his Paris studio were later destroyed by the Germans. Reder arrived in New York City in 1943, but in 1945 he became partially paralysed by a serious illness, and concentrated more on woodcuts and drawings. He became an American citizen in 1948.He was shown regularly at the Whitney Museum and was shown at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1949. In1954, Reder went to Italy to sculpt in Rome and Florence. In 1956, he was given a one-man exhibition at The Galleria d'Arte Moderno L'Indiano, Florence, which received much attention and acclaim from art historian John Rewald. In 1961 he was given a solo one-man retrospective exhibition show at the Whitney Museum and for the first time in its history the museum devoted three of its floors to a single artist.Bernard Reder died in 1963 in New York. His last four years were very productive, producing over thirty-five bronze sculptures. He created many of these directly in wax using a lost-wax casting technique he had learned in Italy.CollectionsReder’s works are currently held in many collections, including the following: Whitney Museum of American Art MoMa - Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Brooklyn Museum New York Public Library Art Institute of Chicago Museu d'Arte Moderna in Sao Paolo, Brazil Hofstra University, Long Island, New YorkAdditional Information:Bernard Reder, World Famous Jewish Sculptor, Dies in New York NEW YORK (Sep. 9, 1963)Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Bernard Reder, world-famous Jewish sculptor, who died here last night at the ago of 66. Born in Czernowitz, which was then under Austrian rule, he started drawing at the age of It was not until after World War II, during which he had served as a draftee in the Austrian Army, that he started serious artistic study, pursuing his work first in Prague, then back in Czernowitz. Where he carved cemetery monuments, later in Paris, in 1930, a gallery in Paris exhibited his “The Torso,” a female nude, subsequently acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He came to the United States in 1943, after fleeing one European country after another ahead of the advancing Hitler forces. In 1961, the Whitney Museum here devoted three floors to the largest one-man show it had ever conducted. Leading art critics in this country and abroad were fulsome for many years in their praise of Mr. Reder’s work, and some of his sculptures are in the permanent collections of most prominent museums in this country and in Europe. Bernard Reder became an American citizen in 1948. Among his many awards in recognition of his artistry were a $10,000 grant from the Ford Foundation, and one of $2,000 from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. John Canaday, art critic of the New York Times, praised the “Obullience” of Mr. Reder’s bronzes and some of his other works for what he called examples of “the joy of energy affirming the worthwhileness of life.” Of another of Mr. Reder’s works, the critic wrote it exhibited “a next to incredible demonstration of carving.”Payment Methods: PayPal, Credit Card (Visa, Master Card), Bank Cheque. If you wish to send a personal cheque, please note that the item will not be shipped until the cheque clears. Shipping&Handling: All items are sent through registered mail or by E.M.S. Fast delivery service (up to 4-5 business days), depends on the weight and measures of the purchased item. You may add insurance for the item with an additional fee. Please e-mail us for other shipping methods. 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