{"id":2784,"date":"2021-06-05T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/?p=2784"},"modified":"2021-06-05T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T15:54:17","slug":"about-ruth-bamberger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/about-ruth-bamberger\/","title":{"rendered":"About Ruth Bamberger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ruth Bamberger, 1904\u20131976, painter and teacher.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Ruth Bamberger during the 1920s, from a family album. Wikipedia.<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Swiss born Ruth Bamberger<\/span> grew up and attended the Art Academy in Zurich. She furthered her studies in Munich, while operating an independent textile design studio. In 1934 she immigrated to Jerusalem, where she studied with Jacob Steinhardt, Isidor Aschheim and Mordechai Ardon. By the mid 1940s, she was participating in group shows alongside Gabi Rosenthal<\/a>, Jossi Stern<\/a>, Elly Gross<\/a>, Ludwig Wolpert<\/a>, and Julie Keiner, among others. Her textile design and fresco work, like a mural in the bar of the Eden Hotel, were often praised. Bamberger taught painting and batik at the Bezalel Academy<\/a> and exhibited internationally in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.<\/p>\n

In August 1948, the Mishmar Ha\u2019am (People\u2019s Guard) and the Army\u2019s Special Services sponsored a series of events called the \u201cWeek of Embattled Jerusalem.\u201d It was \u201cJerusalem\u2019s biggest week of public entertainment since the beginning of the war1<\/a><\/sup> Jerusalem Week, The Palestine Post,<\/em> August 20, 1948, p.3.<\/span> and included musical programs, dances, parades, plays and an exhibition entitled \u201cModern Jerusalem Handicraft\u201d at the Bezalel Museum. Bamberg\u2019s textile designs and wrapping papers appeared in it and Ismar David was said to dominate the applied graphic arts portion of the exhibition.2<\/a><\/sup> Handicrafts on Show, The Palestine Post,<\/em> September 3, 1948, p.3. <\/span> In October 1961, Bamberger visited New York on her way to a solo exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri. She wrote a note to Ismar David.<\/p>\n

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Front page of a letter from Ruth Bamberger to Ismar David, 1961. Ismar David papers, box 1, folder 1, Cary Graphic Arts Collection, RIT.<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Verso of a letter from Ruth Bamberger to Ismar David, 1961. Ismar David papers, box 1, folder 1, Cary Graphic Arts Collection, RIT.<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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400 West Central Park
c\/o Dr. Carmi
9\/29\/61<\/p>\n

Lieber Ismar David<\/p>\n

Ich war ziemlich betr\u00fcbt, da\u00df Gideon Ihnen die Bilder am Abend gezeigt hat. Es lag mir daran\u2014an Ihrem Urteil. Zum Teufel! To hell with it! Es gibt so wenig Menschen, die wirklich etwas verstehn; in Jerusalem lebe ich in einem Meer von Unverstand\u2014aber vielleicht kenne ich nicht die richtigen Menschen.<\/p>\n

Als Tami letzten November sozusagen von einem Tag auf den anderen heiratete u. weg ging; \u201eI felt awfully lost.\u201c Nun ist es herrlich mit den Kindern\u2014aber ich halte mich sehr zur\u00fcck u. bin gl\u00fccklich da\u00df ich ihnen in vielem helfen kann.<\/p>\n

Ich m\u00f6chte so gerne mit Ihnen in\u2019s Metropolitan Museum und \u00fcberhaupt \u2013 New York mit Ihren Augen sehn. Ich wei\u00df, Sie arbeiten viel\u2014trotzdem\u2014schenken Sie mir ein bischen Zeit. Ja?!<\/p>\n

Ich fahre morgen nach New Haven u. bin ca. Montag zur\u00fcck. Am 28. Okt. Ist meine Ausstellung in St Louis; am 15. Fahre ich dorthin u. bleibe ca. 3 Wochen. Dann komme ich hierher zur\u00fcck u. will bis ungef\u00e4hr Februar bleiben.
Rufen Sie mich n\u00e4chste Woche an? Ich telephoniere nicht gern. Bin arg unmodern.<\/p>\n

Herzlichst Ihre
Ruth B.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Dear Ismar David<\/p>\n

I was rather distressed that Gideon showed you the pictures this evening. I was concerned with\u2014your opinion. The Devil with it! To hell with it! There are so few people, who really understand something, I live in a sea of ignorance in Jerusalem\u2014but maybe I don’t know the right people.<\/p>\n

When Tami got married last November, without warning, so to speak, and went away; \u201cI felt awfully lost.\u201d Now it’s marvelous with the children\u2014but I keep myself very much in check and am happy that I can help them with a lot of things.<\/p>\n

I would so like to go to the Metropolitan Museum with you and generally\u2014see New York with your eyes. I know, you are very busy with work\u2014nevertheless\u2014you will give me a bit of time. Okay?!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to New Haven tomorrow and will be back on Monday. On October 28th is my exhibition in St. Louis; on the 15th, I travel there and stay for about 3 weeks. Then I\u2019ll come back here and want to stay until about February. Will you call me next week? I don\u2019t like to telephone. I am terribly old-fashioned.<\/p>\n

Most warmly, your
Ruth B.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ruth Bamberger, 1904\u20131976, painter and teacher. Swiss born Ruth Bamberger grew up and attended the Art Academy in Zurich. She furthered her studies in Munich, while operating an independent textile design studio. In 1934 she immigrated to Jerusalem, where she studied with Jacob Steinhardt, Isidor Aschheim and Mordechai Ardon. By the mid 1940s, she was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-b"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2784"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2796,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions\/2796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}