HUC Connect - Frank Stella: Jewish Themes Webinar

Discover how Frank Stella, the celebrated American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, has found inspiration in Jewish themes throughout his career, from his earliest minimalist paintings influenced by the Nazi propaganda newsreels of his childhood, his mixed-media "Polish Wooden Synagogue" works commemorating "the obliteration of a culture," and his Had Gadya narrative abstractions expressing a universal, aspirational message of justice and hope.

Image: Frank Stella, Had Gadya: Then Came Death and Took the Butcher, 1984. © Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Date: Thursday, December 7, 2023
Time: 2:00 pm EST
Location: Online - Zoom
Speakers: Jean Bloch Rosensaft, Director, Dr. Bernard Heller Museum

Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 2:00 pm EST

Jean Bloch Rosensaft, Director, Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, HUC-JIR/New York

Discover how Frank Stella, the celebrated American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, has found inspiration in Jewish themes throughout his career, from his earliest minimalist paintings influenced by the Nazi propaganda newsreels of his childhood, his mixed-media “Polish Wooden Synagogue” works commemorating “the obliteration of a culture,” and his Had Gadya narrative abstractions expressing a universal, aspirational message of justice and hope.