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Portrait of a People | Make Art, Not War

Naomi Samuel Copy right Churchill Heritage Ltd View of JerusalemOil on canvas51 x 61 cmMount Scopus, 1921Private collection, Britain Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill1874–1965 Impressionism Nineteenth-century French movement seeking to convey immediate impressions of landscapes and...

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Issue 44 | August/September 2018

Portrait of a People | The Truth Behind the Title

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel The Jewish BrideOil on canvas122 x 166 cmRijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt van Rijn – Self-Portrait, 1659 Rembrandt van Rijn1606-1669 Baroque Who were the couple in Rembrandt’s tender painting, and were they really Jewish? You...

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Issue 31 | April 2016

Portrait of a People | Father of French Impressionism

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Boulevard Montmartre, Afternoon SunOil on canvas92.8 x 74 cmParis, 1897Hermitage Museum,St. Petersburg Camille Pissarro1830-1903 Impressionism The tags hanging in museums the world over next to Pissarro’s famous landscapes, cityscapes, and pointillist figures don’t...