Tuesday 15 February 2022
Morris Goldstein, British/Polish 1892-1970 - The Rescue of Moses;
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Morris Goldstein,
British/Polish 1892-1970 -
The Rescue of Moses;
oil on canvas laid down on board, signed with monogram lower right 'MG' and with artist's label affixed to the reverse of the frame, 60.8 x 38.3 cm (ARR)
Note: The artists son, Raymond Francis, has confirmed the authenticity of this work and it will be included in the upcoming reprint of 'Morris Goldstein: The Lost Whitechapel Boy' (2020).
This extraordinary work shows the centrality of spirituality to the artist's work and his originality as a painter, with this Old Testament scene depicted in Modern strokes of pure colour.
An émigré in the East End of London before the First World War, Goldstein soon become friendly with the circle of artists known as the Whitechapel Boys, which included David Bomberg, Mark Gertler and Jacob Kramer, eventually studying at the Slade School of Art, thanks to the Jewish Education Aid Society. The artist exhibited alongside his friends at the seminal Whitechapel exhibition, 'Twentieth Century Art: A Review of Modern Movements' in 1914.
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