Abbeville Press recently published the first book about Itshak Holtz (1925–2018), who created paintings, drawings, and prints while living in the Orthodox Jewish communities of New York City and Jerusalem.
Making representational art was an extraordinary vocation for an Orthodox Jew, but Holtz persevered, recording the everyday lives of people he knew — working, shopping, praying, and celebrating — with the insight only a neighbor can convey.
Born near Warsaw, Holtz moved with his family to Jerusalem as a child and pursued his artistic training there and then in New York.
The 224-page book contains an introductory essay by Richard McBee, a painter of biblical subject matter.
Learn more at abbeville.com.
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