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Moses Jacob Ezekiel: Jewish, Confederate, Expatriate Sculptor

Moses Jacob Ezekiel: Jewish, Confederate, Expatriate Sculptor - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Samantha BaskindPublish date:9/9/2025Pages:294
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penn State University PressISBN-13:9780271099804ISBN-10:271099801UPC:9780271099804Book Category:Art, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Individual Artists, Artists, Architects, Photographers, JewishBook Topic:MonographsSize:10.23 x 8.27 x 0.74 inchesWeight:2.2818Product ID:SCWGQ3C468

Moses Jacob Ezekiel: Jewish, Confederate, Expatriate Sculptor

How is it that the prolific nineteenth-century sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel is largely forgotten today? Ezekiel was the first renowned Jewish American artist and one of the most popular artist-celebrities of his day. In terms of drama, his life story rivals Alexander Hamilton's. Ezekiel fought for the Confederacy at the Battle of New Market as a teenager and was friends with Robert E. Lee. After...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Penn State University PressISBN-13:9780271099804ISBN-10:271099801UPC:9780271099804Book Category:Art, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Individual Artists, Artists, Architects, Photographers, JewishBook Topic:MonographsSize:10.23 x 8.27 x 0.74 inchesWeight:2.2818Product ID:SCWGQ3C468

Samantha Baskind is Distinguished Professor of Art History at Cleveland State University. She is the author of six books, including The Warsaw Ghetto in American ArtandCulture and Jewish Artists and the Bible in Twentieth-Century America, both published by Penn State University Press.


Publisher: Penn State University Press

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