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Actions Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2013/042 Creator Maximilian Feuerring DescriptionUntitled and undated painting by Maximilian Feuerring, signed lower right M Feuerring. The oil on board painting depicts a Rabbi (Priest) or Jewish spiritual leader, identified by his long beard and side curls (‘payot’). It is painted in an expressionist manner with bold and heightened colour use and with a strong black linear outline of the figure. The man holds a book in both hands, presumably a ‘Sidur’ (Jewish prayer book). The name of the sitter is not known. The long grey beard implies a wise man; the eyes could be read as either open or closed. The heightened head covering suggests that underneath hides a fez, the male headgear of Jews of Sephardi heritage. Painted circa 1950-1954 Feuerring is one of the post WWII artists who migrated from Europe to Australia. He brought a resilient, experimental approach to his art and teaching. Born in Poland in 1896, he arrived in Australia in 1950. He died in 1985. Subjectart Object namepaintings Materialoil paint, wood Dimensions height: 740.00 mm width: 590.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Robert Rosen

Object numberM2013/042

DescriptionUntitled and undated painting by Maximilian Feuerring, signed lower right M Feuerring. The oil on board painting depicts a Rabbi (Priest) or Jewish spiritual leader, identified by his long beard and side curls (‘payot’). It is painted in an expressionist manner with bold and heightened colour use and with a strong black linear outline of the figure. The man holds a book in both hands, presumably a ‘Sidur’ (Jewish prayer book). The name of the sitter is not known. The long grey beard implies a wise man; the eyes could be read as either open or closed. The heightened head covering suggests that underneath hides a fez, the male headgear of Jews of Sephardi heritage.

Painted circa 1950-1954

Feuerring is one of the post WWII artists who migrated from Europe to Australia. He brought a resilient, experimental approach to his art and teaching. Born in Poland in 1896, he arrived in Australia in 1950. He died in 1985.

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Robert Rosen

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