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- TITLE: WHEN MOSHIACH COMES
- ARTIST: Michoel Muchnik
- SIGNATURE: Pencil Signed Lower Right
- MEDIUM: Open Edition Print
- SIZE: 13 1/2" X 17 3/4"
DESCRIPTION: This incredibly detailed artwork is classic Muchnik. It gives the viewer a good idea of the creative thoughts that dwell in the artist's mind! There are so many details that the viewer is sure to see something new each time they look at it.
SELECTED DETAILS:
- The artwork in this print appears in the shape of a Treasure Chest. The lock is open allowing us to peer in and see all the treasures that will be revealed to us when Moshiach (the Messiah) will come.
- The top of the treasure chest depicts the land of Israel and the Holy Temple.
- The bottom center of the artwork depicts multitudes of people returning to Jerusalem with the Temple sparkling in the distance. The Torah teaches that our Righteous Moshiach will gather the exiles, return us to our land, the Land of Israel and rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem in fulfillment of G-ds promise.
- Also towards the bottom is a Shofar which will herald the coming of Moshiach.
- A scene to the left shows a man fashioning a sword into a plow as there will be no war once the Messiah comes and therefore no need for swords.
- To the right of this scene is the Feast of the Messiah which will feature special wine and the great big fish, the Leviathan.
- Continuing further right is a lamb and a wolf living peacefully together as it is said that enemies will live peacefully side by side.
- Tambourines with the words in Hebrew, The song of the Messiah, float in the center.
- The bottom left depicts a family fishing and catching the letters of the following verse loosely translated as The land will be full of recognition of G-d just as the Ocean is fully covered with water. When the Messiah comes everyone will recognize the sovereignty of G-d.
ARTIST INFORMATION: : Today's renaissance of the traditional Jewish lifestyle has been accompanied by the blossoming of a multi-faceted Chasidic art movement. Michoel Muchnik, among the foremost Chassidic artists, has gained prominence with his joyfully imaginative renderings in acrylics, watercolors, and original lithographs. He frequently combines his delicate use of color and fine line work into a story book motif. Even at its most mystical, a Muchnik painting is inexplicably familiar.
Born in Philadelphia in 1952, Muchnik received his artistic training at Rhode Island School of Design. He later studied at the Rabbinical College of America, in Morristown, New Jersey.
Muchnik has staged exhibits of his original paintings, bas-relief mosaics and lithographs throughout the world. His originals have been displayed at the Brooklyn Museum, the Goldman Arts Gallery in Washington, D.C., Yeshiva University Museum in New York, Dansforth Museum in Massachusetts, the Sydney Jewish Museum and the Sharei Tzedek Collection in Israel.
Price: $36.00
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