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Famed Jewish expressionist Ben-Zion Weinman will be featured in a NYC exhibition for the first time in 25 years

JL;DR SUMMARY Ben-Zion Weinman, a pioneering Jewish expressionist painter known mononymously as Ben-Zion, will be featured in his first solo exhibition in 25 years at the Maor Art Gallery in Brooklyn. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Mark RothkoNew York Art Scene20th Century ArtBen Zion WeinmanJewish ExpressionismThe TenMaor Art GalleryJewish American ArtistsExpressionist PaintingJewish Cultural Themes

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New York City, New York, United States
"For the first time in 25 years, the works of famed Jewish expressionist painter Ben-Zion Weinman will be shown in a solo exhibition in Brooklyn."
Russian Federation
"Born in Tsarist Russia (today Ukraine) in 1897 to a cantor, Ben-Zion was yeshiva-educated and initially heading toward the rabbinate."
Vienna, Austria
"his family moved to Austria, where he encountered antisemitism in art school in Vienna, and dropped out after a few weeks."
Washington DC, United States
"In 1997, Ben-Zion was honored with a centennial exhibition at the Bnai Brith Klutznick National Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C."

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