The 18th World Congress of Jewish Studies

PERSPECTIVES IN ART - A NEW LOOK AT MAURCY GOTTLIEB AND HIS USE OF HIDDEN IMAGES

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The 19th Century Polish/Jewish artist, Maurycy Gottlieb has been called the father of Jewish art. The artist died at age 23. They say much of the mystery surrounding his untimely death is concealed within one of his last paintings, titled: JEWS PRAYING IN THE SYNAGOGUE ON YOM KIPPUR.

HIs ex-financee, Laura Rosenfeld, broke off their engagement to marry someone. Two weeks later, Gottlieb was found dead. Laura claimed it was a lovers death. Problem is her story does not line up with the medical reports.

I have discovered the artist has concealed numberous hidden images with this painting (and several of his other paintings, too), which I believe will help us to understand what happened. I am working on a murder mystery who-dunnit kind of play, based around his painting, titled, WHO KILLED MAURYCY GOTTLIEB. Where the painting becomes the scene of the crime - and all the clues as to who did it, are concealed within the painting.

I`d like to introduce the Congress to some of the hidden images contained within Gottlieb`s painting, and the specific detailed clues he left us in order to reveal these images in this paintinig and some of his other ones. (But don`t worry I wil not reveal who-dunnit! )