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⚫ '''Maurice Ascalon (] - ])''' was born Moshe Klein in eastern ]. From an early age, he was determined to pursue his artistic yearnings, however in order to do so, he was forced to abandon his ultra-religious Chasidic Jewish roots – for artistic expression was frowned upon in the eastern Hungarian “Shtetl” in which he was raised. When he was 15 years old Maurice left his family and boyhood home to study art at the Academy des Beaux Arts in Brussels. He took with him an in-depth understanding of the rituals and traditions of the Jewish ceremonies, which knowledge he would later apply to his artistic endeavors.


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⚫ In 1934, after concluding his formal artistic training in Brussels and later Milan, Maurice immigrated to the land of Israel (then Palestine). There he met his wife-to-be, Ziporah Kartujinsky, a Polish-born Jew, granddaughter to the distinguished cartographer and scientist of the same surname. (Ziporah, who died in 1982, became a sculptor in her own right late in her life, creating magnificent bas reliefs depicting the Shtetl life of her childhood).
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'''Maurice Ascalon''' ({{langx|he|מוריס אשקלון}}; 1913–2003) was an Israeli ] and ]. He was, by some accounts, considered the father of the modern Israeli decorative arts movement.


==Biography==
⚫ In 1939, Maurice Ascalon designed and created the enormous 14 foot tall hammered copper relief sculpture of three figures, "The Toiler of the Soil, the Laborer and the Scholar", which adorned the façade of the Jewish Palestine Pavilion of the 1939 New York World's Fair. Maurice was commissioned to create this work for the historically significant Pavilion which introduced the world to the concept of a modern Jewish state. (The work is now part of the collection of the Spertus Museum in Chicago.)
⚫ Moshe Klein (later Maurice Ascalon) was born in eastern ] (the town of ]). From an early age, he was drawn to art, which was frowned upon in the eastern Hungarian "]" in which he was raised. When he was 15 years old Klein left his boyhood home to study art at the ] in Brussels. He took with him an understanding of Jewish rituals and traditions which knowledge he later incorporated in his work.


⚫ In 1934, after undertaking his formal artistic training in ] and later ], Maurice Ascalon immigrated to the land of ] (then the ]). There he met his wife-to-be, Zipora Kartujinsky] a ]-born Jew, granddaughter to the distinguished cartographer and scientist of the same surname. (Zipora, who died in 1982, became a sculptor in her own right late in her life, creating bas reliefs depicting the shtetl life of her childhood).
⚫ In the late 1930s, Maurice founded an Israeli decorative arts manufacturing company, Pal-Bell, which produced trademark bronze and brass menorahs and other Judaic and secular decorative art items that were exported in large numbers worldwide. Maurice’s well-recognized designs, some art deco, others more traditional, introduced the use of "green patina" (verdigris) to Israeli metalwork, which is now a hallmark of Israel's crafts industry. During Israel's War for Independence in 1948, Maurice designed munitions for the Israeli Army and, at the request of the Israeli government, retrofitted his factory to produce munitions for the war effort. In 1956 Maurice immigrated to the United States.
==Art career==
⚫ In 1939, Maurice Ascalon designed and created the enormous {{convert|14|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} hammered ] copper relief sculpture of three figures, "The Tiller of the Soil, the Laborer and the Scholar", which adorned the façade of the Jewish Palestine Pavilion of the ]. Ascalon was commissioned to create this work for the historically significant Pavilion which introduced the world to the concept of a modern ]. (The work is now part of the collection of the ] in Chicago.)


⚫ In the late 1930s, Ascalon founded an Israeli ] manufacturing company, , which produced trademark bronze and brass ]s and other ] and secular decorative art and functional items that were exported in large numbers worldwide. Maurice Ascalon's designs, some ], others more traditional, introduced the use of a chemically induced green ] (]) to Israeli metalwork. During Israel's War for Independence in 1948, he designed munitions for the Israeli army and, at the request of the Israeli government, retrofitted his factory to produce munitions for the war effort. In 1956 Maurice immigrated to the United States.
⚫ During the latter part of the 1950s through the 1960s, Maurice resided in New York and Los Angeles. He gained a reputation as a master silversmith, creating for synagogues magnificent Torah crowns and other ceremonial objects of Judaica that he first learned of in his youth. For a time, he taught sculpture on the fine arts faculty of the University of Judaism in Los Angeles.


⚫ During the latter part of the 1950s through the 1960s, Maurice resided in New York and Los Angeles. He gained a reputation as a master silversmith, creating for synagogues ] crowns and other objects of ]. For a time, he taught sculpture on the fine arts faculty of the ] (now the ]) in ].
⚫ In the late 1970s, Maurice’s workshop, now formally dubbed Ascalon Studios, relocated to the Philadelphia area. It became (and still is today, under the direction of Maurice’s son, David Ascalon) a multifaceted art studio dedicated to the design of and creation of site-specific art for worship and public spaces.


⚫ In the late 1970s, , relocated to the ] area. It became (and still is today, under the direction of Maurice's son, ]) a multifaceted art studio dedicated to the design of and creation of site-specific art for worship and public spaces.
⚫ In February of 2003, Maurice Ascalon celebrated his 90th birthday as a resident of Cuernavaca, Mexico, where he lived with his eldest son, Adir Ascalon (Adir was a surrealist painter and sculptor who collaborated with the noted Mexican muralist Siqueros). In August of 2003, Maurice passed away after a long fruitful life. He succumbed to complications related to Parkinson's Disease, an illness he endured during most of the final decade of his life.


⚫ In February 2003, Maurice Ascalon celebrated his 90th birthday as a resident of ], where he lived with his eldest son, Adir Ascalon (Adir was a surrealist painter and sculptor who collaborated with the noted Mexican muralist ]). In August 2003, Maurice Ascalon succumbed to complications related to ].
⚫ Maurice Ascalon’s commissions include permanent installations at worship and public spaces throughout the United States, Mexico, and Israel. His works have been exhibited at and are among the collections of institutions including the Jewish Museum in New York, the Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, the Spertus Museum in Chicago, and the University of Judaism in Los Angeles.


⚫ Maurice Ascalon's commissions include permanent installations at worship and public spaces throughout the United States, Mexico, and Israel. His works have been exhibited at and are among the collections of institutions including the ], the Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, ] in Chicago, the ] in Tel Aviv, and the University of Judaism in Los Angeles.
⚫ ==Bibliography==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
⚫ == Bibliography ==
*{{cite book|last1=Schwarz|first1=Jessica|last2=Ha'tell|first2=Aaron|title=A Celebration of Light: Treasured Hanukkah Menorahs of Early Israel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wk6PRAAACAAJ|accessdate=20 June 2011|date=21 June 2010|publisher=Lulu Enterprises Inc.|isbn=978-0-557-13711-4}}
*{{cite book|last=Bull|first=Donald A.|title=Figural Corkscrews|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l2FpPgAACAAJ|accessdate=20 June 2011|year=2009|publisher=Schiffer Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-0-7643-3315-6}}
*{{cite book|last1=Ha'Tell|first1=Aaron |last2=Ha'tell|first2=Ari |last3=Ben Or|first3=Yaniv |title=Lighting the way to freedom: treasured Hanukkah menorahs of early Israel|url=http://hanukkiot.com/Home.html|accessdate=20 June 2011|date=November 2006|publisher=Devora Publishing|isbn=978-1-932687-66-8}}
*{{cite book|last=Kenaan-Kedar|first=Nurit |title=Modern creations from an ancient land: metal craft and design in the first two decades of Israel's independence, from the collection of Vicky Ben-Zioni|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvIatwAACAAJ|accessdate=20 June 2011|year=2006|publisher=Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi/ ]/ Tel Aviv University}} {{ISBN|965-217-256-1}}
*{{cite book|last=Braunstein|first=Susan L.|title=Five centuries of Hanukkah lamps from the Jewish Museum: a catalogue raisonné|url=http://yalepress.yale.edu/YUPBOOKS/book.asp?isbn=978-0-300-10623-7|accessdate=June 20, 2011|year=2004|publisher=Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)|isbn=978-0-300-10623-7}}
*{{cite book|last=Braunstein|first=Susan L.|title=Luminous art: Hanukkah menorahs of the Jewish Museum|url=http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=978-0-300-10387-8|accessdate=20 June 2011|year=2004|publisher=Jewish Museum, under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America|isbn=978-0-300-10387-8}}
*{{Cite web|title=Enlightening|first=Lydia|last=Aisenberg|url=http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishFeatures/Article.aspx?id=83552|publisher=The Jerusalem Post|date=November 30, 2007|accessdate=June 20, 2011}}
⚫ *"New Jersey Artist Honored Posthumously in Tel Aviv" ''New Jersey Jewish News'', December 15, 2005 at 50.
*{{Cite web|title=Jews Who Died in 2003|url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2003/12/24/11073/Jewswhodiedin200|publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=January 2, 2004|access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928081635/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2003/12/24/11073/Jewswhodiedin200|archive-date=September 28, 2012|url-status=dead}}
⚫ *"In the Frame" by Gil Goldfine, ''The Jerusalem Post'', August 15, 2003 p.B14.
⚫ *Sculptor Maurice Ascalon Dies" by Barbara Rothschild, '']'', August 7, 2003 at B1.
⚫ *"M. Ascalon Maker of Judaic Art", ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', August 5, 2003.
*"From Hungary to Israel to South Jersey", by Joanne Palmer, ''The Jewish Standard'', May 24, 2023.
*"Sculpture by Cherry Hill artist that envisioned modern State of Israel is memorialized", by Ezra Solway, ''The Jewish Community Voice'', June 14, 2023.


== See also ==
“Modern Creations from an Ancient Land” by Prof. Nurith Kenaan-Kedar, Eretz Israel Museum/Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (2006).
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== External links ==
“Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from The Jewish Museum” by Susan L. Braunstein, The Jewish Museum (2005).
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Maurice Ascalon hammering "The Scholar, The Laborer, and The Toiler of the Soil" for the 1939 New York World's Fair
Maurice Ascalon's "The Scholar, The Laborer, and The Toiler of the Soil" copper relief sculpture. Adorned the façade of the Jewish Palestine Pavilion of the 1939 New York World's Fair

Maurice Ascalon (Hebrew: מוריס אשקלון; 1913–2003) was an Israeli designer and sculptor. He was, by some accounts, considered the father of the modern Israeli decorative arts movement.

Biography

Moshe Klein (later Maurice Ascalon) was born in eastern Hungary (the town of Fehérgyarmat). From an early age, he was drawn to art, which was frowned upon in the eastern Hungarian "shtetl" in which he was raised. When he was 15 years old Klein left his boyhood home to study art at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He took with him an understanding of Jewish rituals and traditions which knowledge he later incorporated in his work.

In 1934, after undertaking his formal artistic training in Brussels and later Milan, Maurice Ascalon immigrated to the land of Israel (then the British Mandate of Palestine). There he met his wife-to-be, Zipora Kartujinsky] a Polish-born Jew, granddaughter to the distinguished cartographer and scientist of the same surname. (Zipora, who died in 1982, became a sculptor in her own right late in her life, creating bas reliefs depicting the shtetl life of her childhood).

Art career

In 1939, Maurice Ascalon designed and created the enormous 14-foot-tall (4.3 m) hammered repoussé copper relief sculpture of three figures, "The Tiller of the Soil, the Laborer and the Scholar", which adorned the façade of the Jewish Palestine Pavilion of the 1939 New York World's Fair. Ascalon was commissioned to create this work for the historically significant Pavilion which introduced the world to the concept of a modern Jewish state. (The work is now part of the collection of the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago.)

In the late 1930s, Ascalon founded an Israeli decorative arts manufacturing company, Pal-Bell, which produced trademark bronze and brass menorahs and other Judaic and secular decorative art and functional items that were exported in large numbers worldwide. Maurice Ascalon's designs, some art deco, others more traditional, introduced the use of a chemically induced green patina (verdigris) to Israeli metalwork. During Israel's War for Independence in 1948, he designed munitions for the Israeli army and, at the request of the Israeli government, retrofitted his factory to produce munitions for the war effort. In 1956 Maurice immigrated to the United States.

During the latter part of the 1950s through the 1960s, Maurice resided in New York and Los Angeles. He gained a reputation as a master silversmith, creating for synagogues Torah crowns and other objects of Jewish ceremonial art. For a time, he taught sculpture on the fine arts faculty of the University of Judaism (now the American Jewish University) in Los Angeles.

In the late 1970s, Ascalon Studios, relocated to the Philadelphia area. It became (and still is today, under the direction of Maurice's son, David Ascalon) a multifaceted art studio dedicated to the design of and creation of site-specific art for worship and public spaces.

In February 2003, Maurice Ascalon celebrated his 90th birthday as a resident of Cuernavaca, Mexico, where he lived with his eldest son, Adir Ascalon (Adir was a surrealist painter and sculptor who collaborated with the noted Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros). In August 2003, Maurice Ascalon succumbed to complications related to Parkinson's disease.

Maurice Ascalon's commissions include permanent installations at worship and public spaces throughout the United States, Mexico, and Israel. His works have been exhibited at and are among the collections of institutions including the Jewish Museum (New York), the Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago, the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv, and the University of Judaism in Los Angeles.

References

Bibliography

See also

External links

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