Description
Esther Lurie
Jerusalem
1970s (Tel Aviv)
Folder with 12 loose prints
10 black and white drawings; 2 full color paintings
Titles on the back of each print in English (Hebrew and French):
Old City Bazaar 2x
Old City Wall and Churches on Mount Zion,
Going up to Mount Zion,
The Valley of Hinnom,
Mount of Olives,
Jerusalem with Dome of the Rock,
Old City Wall at the Jaffa Gate and Tower of David,
The Western Wall,
Arab Legion Post on Old City Wall taken 7.6.1967 (drawn 8.6.67),
Temple Mount and Kfar Hashiloah – oils
Jerusalem from Mount Scopus – oils
Folder: 35.5 cm x 25.5
Prints: 34.7 cm x 24.5 cm
Esther Lurie (1913 – 1998) was an Israeli painter. After studying at theatre set design and drawing in Belgium, and immigrating to Palestine in 1934, Lurie obtained work by painting and exhibiting her art in Tel Aviv. She is a two-time recipient of the Dizengoff Prize. After the Yom Kippur War, her work mainly focused on depicting landscapes, especially that of Jerusalem.