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E. M. (EPHRAIM MOSHE) LILIEN (1874-1925) BERLINER TAGEBLATT. Circa 1899. 553/4x371/2 inches. Anst. V. C. L. Keller, Berlin. Condition B+: pinholes in corners; discoloration in margins; vertical and horizontal folds. Two sheets. Born in Austria and an art student in Germany, Lilien is considered "the first artist of the Zionist Movement . . . [he was] actively involved over a period of years with the Zionist Movement, and served as representative to the Sixth Zionist Congress. He was one of the founders of the Judischer Verlag, the Jewish publishing company in Berlin whose publications propagated the artistic and literary output of the Jewish Renaissance. He also took part in establishing the Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem." (Haim Finkelstein, Lilien and Zionism, http://www.tau.ac.il/arts/projects/PUB/assaph-art/assaph3/articles_assaph3/11finkelstein.pdf). A master of Jugendstil design, Lilien was a book illustrator, etcher and graphic designer. An active participant in the Jewish artistic scene and Renaissance in Berlin between 1890-1918, Lilien was one of the Modernists celebrated in the exhibition Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890-1918 at the Jewish Museum in New York, 1999.
