Synagogue art of the 1950s : a new context for abstraction

Author

Wong, Janay Jadine

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art journal. 1994, Num. 4, Vol. 53, 37-43, 5 ill.

ISSN

0004-3249

Abstract (en)

Studies the collaboration of architects, sculptors and painters associated with the abstract expressionist movement in the design and decoration of synagogues in the northeastern United States. Looks at works by Robert Motherwell, Herbert Ferber, Percival Goodman, and Ibram Lassaw. Shows that American Jews embraced modern idioms in art in order to forge a new identity after the Holocaust. Also discusses the impact of the creation of the state of Israel and the movement of urban American Jews to the suburbs in the 1950s on the urge to develop new centers for the Jewish tradition.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- United States
• Synagogues
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Sculpture
• Mural painting
• Jewish iconography
• Goodman, Percival, 1904-1989
• Motherwell, Robert, 1915-1991
• Ferber, Herbert, 1906-1991
• Abstract art
• Jews
• Architecture

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- États-Unis
• Synagogue [architecture]
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Sculpture
• Peinture murale
• Iconographie juive
• Goodman, Percival, 1904-1989
• Motherwell, Robert, 1915-1991
• Ferber, Herbert, 1906-1991
• Abstrait (art)
• Juifs
• Architecture

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950401-00314821

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