Max (Mordechai) Farbmann
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Max (Mordechai) Farbmann (1 April 1886 – 20 April 1950) was a
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sculptor who achieved prominence in Europe, particularly
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, during the early 20th century. He was responsible for designing the Lithuanian Independence Monument in his native Salakas.


Biography

Max (Mordechai) Farbmann was born in 1886 in Salakas (Solok) in present-day Lithuania, and moved to Vienna at the age of 20 to study sculpture. There, he earned a reputation, leading the Vienna Arts Academy to purchase one of his works – a noted achievement for a Jewish artist. Among his works were commissioned sculpted busts of prominent European figures, including many leading statesmen, as well as the Lithuanian Independence Monument, which was erected in his hometown of Solok in 1930. Farbmann was a versatile sculptor who worked in multiple mediums, including bronze, wood, stone, and ivory. His carvings focused primarily on detail and atmosphere, revealing an intimate knowledge of and appreciation for the subjects. In 1933, Farbmann settled in
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, Israel at the invitation of the mayor of the city. In an interview by the ''South African Jewish Times'' in 1952, his daughter Ruth stated that due to a pre-existing taboo against making images in the Jewish culture caused by the Biblical commandment "thou shalt not make images", "my father . Farbmannwas a simple teacher t_the_Balfour_College_in_Tel_Aviv.html" ;"title="Balfour_College.html" ;"title="t the Balfour College">t the Balfour College in Tel Aviv">Balfour_College.html" ;"title="t the Balfour College">t the Balfour College in Tel Avivin his last years because he could not make a living as a sculptor". Nevertheless, Farbmann continued to create sculptures, focusing more on Jewish themes in his later career. He died in Israel in 1950, aged 64.Obituary notice and cemetery note, Hebrew
/ref> Since 2015, a collection of artist's portrait photographs and letters from Farbmann's estate is found today at the
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in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. His works can be found in museums in Israel and Austria.


Gallery

File:0033-2size.jpg, Mizi Bednarek, Opera Singer of Vienna, undated sculpture
Photograph from the Max (Mordechai) Farbmann Archive at the Information Center for Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Image:0036-2size.jpg, Portrait of Saul Riger, 1930s-1940s
Photograph from the Max (Mordechai) Farbmann Archive at the
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, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem File:0041-2size.jpg, Portrait of Karl Seitz, Mayor of Vienna, 1923-1933
Photograph from the Max (Mordechai) Farbmann Archive at the Information Center for Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Image:0045-2size.jpg, Portrait of Karl Kraus, 1920s (?)
Photograph from the Max (Mordechai) Farbmann Archive at the Information Center for Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Image:0052-2size.jpg, The Burden of the World or The Symbolic Group, undated sculpture
Photograph from the Max (Mordechai) Farbmann Archive at the Information Center for Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem


See also

Visual arts in Israel Visual arts in Israel refers to plastic art created first in the region of Palestine, from the later part of the 19th century until 1948 and subsequently in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories by Israeli artists. Visual art in Israel ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farbmann, Max 1886 births 1950 deaths Lithuanian Jews 20th-century Israeli sculptors