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JUDAICA BOHEMIAE Periodical - specialist articles on the history of the Jewish community in Bohemia and Moravia - volumes I/1965 - XL/2004

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Textiles from Bohemian and Moravian Synagogues

English, format 22 x 31 cm, 376 pp., hardback in a case; 500 full-colour illustrations of textile items (100 full-page) More >>>

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47 EURO

CD-ROM Synagogue Textiles

An interactive CD ROM (“Synagogue Textiles”) has been released by the Jewish Museum in Prague in order to supply enough information to those who are interested in its textile collection More >>>

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10 USD
8 EURO

Jiří Jilovský: Prague Painter and Graphic Artist
Presentation of the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague

The exhibition presented at the Robert Guttmann Gallery from September 8 till November 6 2005 was the first exhibition of the work of the painter Jiří Jilovský since 1927. The artist Jiří Jilovský (1884-1958) is known for his ‘high’ Art Nouveau work and his meticulously executed graphic pieces of various forms, techniques, styles and motifs. His series of Old Prague views, landscape scenes and portraits are among his most frequently shown graphic works. Particularly well-known are his innovative ex-libris, of which he made more than 120. It is less well-known that he was also a painter and that he also did set designs. He painted mainly portraits and landscapes, city views and genre-based scenes, as well as flowers, animals and decorative compositions. Jilovský mainly worked for in the German-speaking Jewish society, which vanished, almost without a trace, during the Holocaust. A catalogue is available now in Czech and English language. Curator and author of the catalogue: Arno Pařík.
ISBN 80-86889-07-6 (Czech version)
ISBN 80-86889-08-4 (English version)

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15 USD
12 EURO
English ver.

 
Price:
15 USD
12 EURO
Czech version


 
 
Alexandr Brandeis & Adolf Wiesner
- Patron of Arts and his Son-in-Law

Alexandr Brandeis (1848-1901) was a patron of the arts and a friend of the leading Czech artists of the National Theatre generation: Mikoláš Aleš, Václav Brožík, J. V. Myslbek, Fr. Ženíšek and many other. The exhibition is devoted to several members of his family, primarely his dauther Helena and son-in-law Adolf Wiesner (1871-1942), who was also a supporter of the Czech national movement and respected painter at the time. Wiesner belong to the founding members of Mánes Assotiation of Fine Artists who founders of the independent journal of Czech Modernism ´Free Directions´. He was the pupil of Prof. Vojtěch Hynais at the Prague Academy and on the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries he worked mostly in Paris, together with Alfons Mucha and Fr. Kupka. In those days Wiesner came to the fore as a distinctive artist, noted for his portraits, melancholic landscapes and Art Nuveau decorative designs. After Nazi Occupation in March 1939 Wiesner was deported to Terezín ghetto, where he perished in 10 October 1942. The Jewish Musuem now shows his artworks first time after almost 70 years.

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18 USD
15 EURO
English ver.

 
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18 USD
15 EURO
Czech version


 
 

Laces from the Collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague

The publication "Laces from the Collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague" contains catalogue items and is the result of a two-year research project by Museum staff. Featuring some of the most interesting examples of laces with metal thread from the Museum's collections, it comprises the following sections: laces on synagogue textiles, shpanyer arbet, wedding covers and garments. As well as detailed full-colour photographs, it also contains a number of patterns and designs of historical laces dating from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth. It has 116 pages and over 100 illustrations.

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18 USD
15 EURO

Prague Jewish Cemeteries

The first ever detailed guide to Jewish cemeteries in Prague, this is a comprehensive publication with 211 full-colour photo reproductions of details on early tombstones and overall views of little known Jewish cemeteries. The largest section of the book focuses on the world-famous Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov, which is shown with illustrations of numerous rare tombstones dating from the 15th to the 18th century. Also covered in the book are the Jewish cemetery in Žižkov, where burials took place from the end of the 18th century onwards, and the New Jewish Cemetery (near Želivského metro station), which is the burial-place of Franz Kafka and a number of other Prague personalities from 1890 through to the present. Each section is accompanied by a detailed cemetery map showing the graves of individual personages. The introduction contains information on Jewish burial ceremonies and customs and talks about the recently discovered medieval Jewish cemetery in the centre of Prague (Vladislavova Street), which dates from the 13th-15th century. Attractively designed and with a large number of previously unpublished colour photographs, this trilingual (Czech, English, German) edition is a must for anyone wanting to find out about the real and the hidden history of the magical city of Prague.
Written by Dr. Arno Pařík, paperbound V4, 132 pp., ISBN 80-85608-69-3, 220 x 110 cm

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18 USD
15 EURO

Audio CD: My Heart is a Jazz Band

A Jewish musician’s rare recordings, 1927 – 1938, playing time:70 minutes
Dol Dauber and his Orchestras
Continuing in its association with record collector, Gabriel Gössel, the Jewish Museum in Prague has just brought out on CD of unique recordings of orchestras led by the hugely talented and versatile musician Dol Dauber. The title is My Heart is a Jazz Band, which is also the title of the first track.
These days, Dol Dauber (1894-1950), whose 110th anniversary is being commemorated this year, is a name that will probably be recognized only by the older generation. In the history of popular music, however, he remains a shining light. This Jewish composer, arranger and prominent interpreter of popular music, composer of songs, operettas and film music, jazz pioneer, and, above all, violin virtuoso went through periods of fame and of steep decline during his relatively short life. After a classical education he began to focus on jazz and came to direct various salon orchestras and swing bands with which he enjoyed great success. This CD includes 23 pieces performed in 1927-38 in Berlin and Prague. The music is very broad in range and also comprises several titles composed by Dol Dauber himself, such as songs from the film Hearth Without Fire performed by Hana Vítová and R. A. Dvorský.
EAN 859404208007-3

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12 USD
10 EURO

Emil Orlik – Portraits and Friends and Contemporaries

A catalogue published for the exhibition of the same name, this is actually a small monograph on Emil Orlik, the famous early twentieth century Prague artist, sketcher and portraitist. From 1899 onwards a member of the Vienna Sezession, he became celebrated for his woodcuts and portraits of famous artists, musicians, actors, poets, writers and philosophers. This monograph contains a detailed biography of the artist and features over 200 reproductions of his drawings, woodcuts, prints and paintings, with portraits of (among others) Albert Einstein and Richard Strauss. Author Dr. Arno Pařík, 96 pp., 212 full-colour illustrations.
ISBN Czech: 80-85608-73-1
80-85608-74-X English

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12 USD
10 EURO
enslish version


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10 USD
8 EURO
czech version



The CD-ROM Prague Synagogues

The CD-ROM (in Czech, English, German, French, Spanish and Italian) features an account of the history and architecture of the seven most prominent synagogues in the Jewish Quarter of Prague accompanied by rich photographic documentation (102 full-colour photographs). The key chapters of this new
publication include The Oldest Synagogues (Old-New and Pinkas), Synagogues of the Renaissance Ghetto (High and Maisel), Baroque Synagogues (Klausen)
and Synagogues in the Emancipation Period (Spanish and Jerusalem)

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10 USD
8 EURO

Audio CD:
In Defiance of Fate -
Fritz Weiss

In Defiance of Fate
Fritz Weiss and his arrangements for the Emil Ludvík Orchestra.
Unique recordings from 1940-41 CD, 71 minutes
In association with Gabriel Goessel, a gramophone record collector, the Jewish Museum in Prague has prepared a treat for jazz fans - the first ever CD issue of recordings of popular works from 1940-41 arranged by the Jewish
musician Fritz Weiss (born 1919, Prague) one of the leading Prague jazz men of the late 1930s.

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12 USD
10 EURO

Jewish Customs and Traditions Klausen Synagogue exhibition guidebook focusing on Jewish festivals, the synagogue and the course of life. Group of authors, 88 pp., 109 full-colour photographs by Dana Cabanová and Petr Kliment

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10 USD
8 EURO

The Boskovice Synagogue An illustrated guide to this unique monument dating from 1639. The synagogue’s late 17th century murals represent the oldest and most comprehensive example of the ancient eastern European tradition of synagogue ornamentation in the Czech lands, the importance of which goes far beyond the country’s borders. The text deals with the history of the building and the synagogue’s symbolic paintings.
Group of authors, photographs: Dana Cabanová and Petr Kliment, 64 pp., 80 full-colour photographs

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7 USD
6 EURO

Jewish Prague This guidebook provides a clear overview of the history and topography of the ancient city of Prague and showcases its most important Jewish sites. The text includes concise yet comprehensive information on the history of the Jews in Prague. There is also information on a number of Jewish institutions and organizations.Published in English, German, French, Czech, Spanish and Italian.

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6 USD
5 EURO

ADOLF KOHN – Painter of the Prague Ghetto A small monograph on this artist of the first half of the 20th century, containing full-colour reproductions of his paintings. Kohn’s work focused on the lanes, squares and niches of Prague’s Jewish Town before its reconstruction. It constitutes a valuable document that shows how the ghetto looked around 1900. Author: Dr. Arno Pařík, 48 pp, 103 full-colour reproductions, published in Czech and English.

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6 USD
5 EURO

History of the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia - From the First Settlements until Emantipation. Maisel Synagogue exhibition guidebook. Group of authors, 108 pp., 120 full-colour photographs by Dana Cabanová and Petr Kliment

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10 USD
8 EURO

The Golem Walks through the Jewish Town From the Jewish Town to Josefov (history and topography) + portraits from collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Authors : E. Kosáková, J. Šedinová. Photography: D. Cabanová. Czech-English. 1994, 76 p., 44 colour illustrations. 17 x 24 cm.

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7 USD
6 EURO

History of the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia (From emancipation to the present) The Spanish Synagogue exhibition guidebook, which covers the history of the Czech Jewish community during the Jewish enlightenment, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938), the Nazi Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and the post-war period. Collective of authors. Photography: D. Cabanová and P. Kliment. English, French, 80 p., 105 full-colour photographs.

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10 USD
8 EURO

Prague Synagogues The book Prague Synagogues deals with the history and current state of seven of the most prominent synagogues in Prague. It follows on from a similar publication of the early 1980s which has been completely sold out. The new book features detailed architectural and historical descriptions of these unique memorial buildings of Jewish Prague and is supplemented by a wealth of photographic documentation.The text is by Arno Pařík, the photographs by Dana Cabanová and Petr Kliment. The book is in 3 versions: one in Czech, English and German, second in French, spanish and Italian, third in Hebrew, Russian and Japanese. Author: Arno Pařík, Photographs Dana Cabanová and Petr Kliment. 120 p., over 100 full-colour photographs.

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18 USD
15 EURO

Bedřich Fritta - Ivan Klíma: This is not a fairy tale - it’s real A new publication featuring pictures by the Prague artist/caricaturist Bedřich Fritta and a short story by Ivan Klíma translated into English for the first time. Bedřich Fritta painted these pictures in the Terezín Ghetto, putting them together in a book which he gave to his son Tommy on his third birthday (22 January 1944). English,108 pages, 53 colour reproductions, ISBN 80-85608-35-9.

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15 USD
12 EURO

I have not seen a butterfly around here A selection of 4,600 children´s drawings and dozens of poems from Terezín kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Foreword J. Weil, afterword A. Franková. English, 2001, 96 p., 68 paintings, 17 x 24 cm.

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11 USD
9 EURO

Einen Schmetterling habe ich hier nicht gesehen A selection of 4,600 children´s drawings and dozens of poems from Terezín kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Foreword J. Weil, afterword A. Franková. German, 1999, 96 p., 68 paintings, 17 x 24 cm.

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11 USD
9 EURO

Ici je n´ai pas vu de papillon A selection of 4,600 children´s drawings and dozens of poems from Terezín kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Foreword J. Weil, afterword A. Franková. French, 2001, 96 p., 68 paintings, 17 x 24 cm.

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11 USD
9 EURO

No he visto mariposas por aquí A selection of 4,600 children´s drawings and dozens of poems from Terezín kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Foreword J. Weil, afterword A. Franková. Spanish, 2001, 96 p., 68 paintings, 17 x 24 cm.

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11 USD
9 EURO

Qui non ho visto farfalle A selection of 4,600 children´s drawings and dozens of poems from Terezín kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Foreword J. Weil, afterword A. Franková. Italian, 2001, 96 p., 68 paintings, 17 x 24 cm.

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11 USD
9 EURO

Arno Pařík: Robert Guttmann - Painter and Traveller from Prague To accompany the exhibition of Robert Guttmann the Museum has prepared the first ever detailed exhibition catalogue devoted to this eccentric Jewish artist. It features quality reproductions of all his known works from the Museum's collections as well as numerous photographs from all periods of his life, caricatures of Guttmann by many known and unknown artists, and a host of other documentary material. The catalogue covers Guttmann's youth, his activities as a Zionist and traveller, his Prague life in the inter-war period and his views on art, and outlines his relations with the outstanding personalities of the day, the Prague Jewish Community and the Jewish Museum. In addition, it looks at various aspects of his work (portraits, genres scenes and the 'official' allegorical tableaux) and details his journeys to Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia and Slovakia, his tragic demise in the Lodz ghetto and the fate that met his art works. (48 pp., 115 full-colour reproductions, Czech and English).

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6 USD
5 EURO

 

A very special offer - unique !
Copies of children´s drawings from Terezín (1943-1944, kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague) - attractively arranged in mounts and ready to hang - 10 representative pictures. Size: 22 x 30 cm

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1/ Jester pastel on paper/ by an 11-year-old boy

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12 USD 10 EURO

2/ A flower at the window of a boy´s dormitory  watercolour on paper/ by an11 -year-old boy

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12 USD 10 EURO

3/ Colour composition of circles and lines watercolour on paper/ by a 12-year-old girl

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12 USD 10 EURO

4/ Underwater world watercolour on paper/ by a 14-year-old girl

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12 USD 10 EURO

5/ Hanukkah pastel on paper/ by a 12-year-old girl

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12 USD 10 EURO

6/ Ball pastel on paper/ by an 11-year-old boy

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12 USD 10 EURO

7/ Landscape fantasy watercolour on paper/ by an 11-year-old girl

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12 USD 10 EURO

8/ Butterfly watercolour on paper/ by a 10-year-old girl

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12 USD 10 EURO

9/ Seder dinner pencil and pastel on paper/ by an 11-year-old girl

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12 USD 10 EURO

10/ Dream of Palestine paper collage/ anonymous

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12 USD 10 EURO

 

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