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Obj. ID: 27527
Modern Jewish Art  Raban, King Solomon and the Hoopoe Bird, illustration for Ch. N. Bialik's King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 11.2.1992

The picture represents King Solomon as an oriental writer dressed in a green-grey gown and a purple robe. His head is covered with an orange turban. He is sitting on a blue cushion on the blue-orange floor. To his right on the floor is a narghileh and above him to his left an oil lamp hangs from the ceiling. In front of him is a green peacock on a stand. The room is yellow and has a vaulted ceiling. Framed by a decorative winged lion on each side.

This text was prepared by Alec Mishory:

Hebrew poet laureate Ch. N. Bialik collected, arranged, and retold many Jewish folk tales in the modern period. One of them - King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba - tells how the King organized a feast for all kings of the region, the beasts, insects and fouls of the land. All came, except for the hoopoe bird. The king was angry and ordered his servants to find her. When she finally appeared, she suggested to bring the queen of Sheba to Jerusalem. The king sent her on a voyage as a messenger to the queen who finally arrives in Jerusalem to witness Solomon's wisdom. 

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King Solomon and the Hoopoe Bird, illustration for Ch. N. Bialik's King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba | Unknown
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Raban, Ze`ev (painter, teacher in Bezalel in 1912-1929)
{"168":"1890-1970. Since 1905, he studied in several places such as Munich and Brussels. In 1912 he moved to Eretz Israel where he immediately joined the Bezalel Academy and \u2013 until the school had to close in 1929 \u2013 Raban was one of its most important figures and teachers. He was a prolific and influential artist who created the cycles of the illustrations for several biblical books (Ruth, Esther, Job, and Songs of Songs) and for the Passover Haggadah. His works include also playing cards decorated with biblical figures as well as the mural tiles and decorative elements for the buildings of the King David Hotel and YMCA in Jerusalem. In addition, he created religious objects such as Chanukah menorahs."}
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