Living Jewish Art: The Work of Itshak Holtz [Hardcover]

Itshak Holtz was a representational painter, an extraordinary vocation for an Orthodox Jew, whose evocative paintings reflect the commonplace, the daily activities of people in Williamsburg or Meah Shearim, working, shopping, or praying. The colors he used are from an Impressionist palette: the shaded pinks and beiges of Jerusalems ancient stones, the perfection of its azure skies, the verdancy of its trees and grasses dappled by sunlight. Holtzs greatest power was in recreating the everyday life and scenes that he loved, his almost mystical ability to invoke the