Adult Outreach Program - Alexandria: Jewish Art from Europe (19th and 20th Centuries)

All weekly group meetings are held at Beth El Hebrew Congregation every Wednesday at 10:30am (unless otherwise noted). Newcomers are always welcome!
Coffee, tea, and dessert will be provided.
Fee: $5 all participants (pay at door unless otherwise specified)

Inclement Weather Policy
If Fairfax County schools are closed, our Adult 55+ program is canceled. If schools have a delayed opening, we will hold the program at Beth El at the regular time.

Presented by Roshna Kapadia, Wandering Docent

In this presentation, we cover visual artists of the Jewish faith who settled in various parts of Europe: Abraham Salomon in England, Max Lieberman from Germany, Modigliani from Italy, and several artists — from Pissarro to Chagall — in France. Depending on the era and environment they were working in, not all of these artists chose to include Jewish themes into their work. In paintings by Solomon and Pissarro, for example, we see no hint of their Jewish heritage. By contrast, Chagall and others emphatically wove Jewish themes and motifs into their work, in direct response to the treatment of Jews leading up to and during World War II.

RSVP: Shelly.Rosentein@theJ.org, 703.537.3062