Topics in Jewish Art with Abby Schwartz,
Director of the Skirball Museum at
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion  

Abby Schwartz is the director of the Skirball Museum on the historic Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion. She serves on the board of the Mayerson JCC and Rockdale Temple, and lectures widely on Jewish art. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Rochester, and her Masters in Art History from the University of Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Jewish Artists in the Skirball Museum's Collections

Cincinnati was a major art center in the mid-nineteenth century and several important artists began or made their careers in the Queen City of the West. Among them are John Aubery, Moses Jacob Ezekiel, and Henry Mosler. Works by these artists in the Skirball Museum’s collections will be the topic of this session. The interconnections between these artists and the community’s movers and shakers makes this a true Cincinnati story.

Image: Moses Jacob Ezekiel modeling bust of Isaac Mayer Wise, photograph, 1899, The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives