Botia Rosendor Jerusalem Painting Artwork Owls Vintage
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
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Height
34.29 cm
Width
41.91 cm
Wear conditions
Good
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Description
Size includes frame 16.5” x 13.5”
Bitia Rosendor was a Jewish Belgian sculptor and painter, born in Jerusalem in 1920. Her parents were Aaron Rosendor (b. 1897) & Sara Rosendor nee Beherman (b. 1899). As non - religious Zionists they left their homeland Romania and immigrated to Eretz Israel without immigration certificates. After a few months of wandering they crossed the border and entered Eretz Israel where their first born daughter Bitia was born. They later immigrated to Antwerpen, Belgium where two more children were born – Semy (b. 1931) & Suzanne (b. 1934).
Bitia studied painting and sculpting at the Higher Institution of Art in Antwerpen (Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen) but in 1940 the war ended her studies. In 1941 her father managed to obtain for the family a thirty – day transit visa to the United States and they managed to escape through Portugal. The family was detained for 39 days at Ellis Island where they were told they would have to leave the country. Through some bribe they managed to enter the country and settle down in Brooklyn, New York where Rosendor continued her studies and worked as an illustrator to support the family’s livelihood.
In 1950 Rosendor met her future husband, the Jewish - American painter Martin Reisberg. Following their marriage Reisberg and Rosendor moved to Paris where they painted and studied art. They then moved to Bruxelles where they continued their artistic work. On an unknown date they moved to an artists’ community on Knocke - Heist beach, an area in north Belgium that had a vibrant artistic and cultural scene. In 1953 they opened a gallery which they managed and curated for sixty years. They exhibited in the gallery their own work along with other artists.
Both Reisberg and Rosendor had lost their extended family in the Holocaust. The couple created a touring exhibition titled “Exodus and Exile” which was exhibited for ten years. The original creations were exhibited in their gallery at Knocke - Heist since 1990. Following this exhibition, its body of work was transformed into an art album containing quotes and excerpts from the writings of famous authors such as Elie Wiesel & Berthold Brecht as well as texts written by the couple themselves. The book was published in 2003 under the title: “Exodus and exile, or, The plea against war, exile, suffering, oblivion” (Exodus et exil, ou, Le plaidoyver contre la guerre, l’exil, la souffrance, l’oubli)
Bitia Rosendor passed away in Belgium in 2011. Martin Reisberg passed away in 2020.
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