Номер объектаM2022/022:003
НазваниеRosh Hashana by Camille Fox
Создатель Camille Fox
ОписаниеOil on canvas painting featuring a family group seated at a table for Rosh Hashana by Camille Fox.
The artist explains; 'As a small child in our villa in Alexandria, Egypt, our extended family would gather around a large table laden with crystal and silver, following ancient Jewish traditions to enjoy the delectable cuisine of my grandmother and aunts.
After our expulsion from Egypt, we celebrated Rosh Hashanah on our desert outpost in Southern Israel- a modest makeshift table lit by kerosene lamps with some of us sitting on wooden crates and others on milk cans, the joy and excitement of this family gathering not diminished by our circumstances.
Several years later in our cramped flat in Bondi, with our extended family around us, we celebrated the same traditions with the same delicious foods, the animated conversation peppered with words from several languages in one sentence.
Finally, we celebrate from a vast terrace overlooking Sydney Harbour, comfortable in the late afternoon of life. The traditions remain the same, and the joy has never diminished.'
The artist explains; 'As a small child in our villa in Alexandria, Egypt, our extended family would gather around a large table laden with crystal and silver, following ancient Jewish traditions to enjoy the delectable cuisine of my grandmother and aunts.
After our expulsion from Egypt, we celebrated Rosh Hashanah on our desert outpost in Southern Israel- a modest makeshift table lit by kerosene lamps with some of us sitting on wooden crates and others on milk cans, the joy and excitement of this family gathering not diminished by our circumstances.
Several years later in our cramped flat in Bondi, with our extended family around us, we celebrated the same traditions with the same delicious foods, the animated conversation peppered with words from several languages in one sentence.
Finally, we celebrate from a vast terrace overlooking Sydney Harbour, comfortable in the late afternoon of life. The traditions remain the same, and the joy has never diminished.'
Место изготовленияSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Дата 2022
Темаfestivals, celebrations etc., Jewish life
Наименованиеpaintings
Материалcanvas
Размерность
- width: 560.00 mm
height: 410.00 mm
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Funded by Mark Chotiner. In memory of the Chotiner, Kraemer and Schifter families