{"product_id":"yosl-bergner-untitled-boy-with-tears-1964","title":"YOSL BERGNER \"UNTITLED (BOY WITH TEARS)\" 1964","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo zoom in, click on each image and mouse over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdition: 98\/150 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilkscreen\/Lithograph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate:1964\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned and dated on Lower Left \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage: 19.5 x 14  inches (49.5 x 35.6cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFramed: 28.5 x 22 inches (72.4 x 55.9 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFramed under glass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Artist: Yosl Bergner \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e(Austrian, 1920 - 2017)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eYosl Bergner was a highly influential, Austrian-born Israeli painter, illustrator, and set designer\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e whose nomadic life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. Born \u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e1920\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, in Vienna, Austria, Bergner passed away in\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e 2017\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, at the age of 96 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He grew up in Warsaw, Poland, within a prominent Jewish literary family; his father was the famous Yiddish poet Melech Ravitch. With the looming threat of Nazism in Europe, his family actively sought a homeland, which prompted an ambitious but unsuccessful expedition to establish a Jewish settlement in the Australian outback. At age 17, Bergner migrated to Australia, settling in Melbourne where he studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School and later served in the Australian Army during World War War II. In 1948, he left Australia, traveling through Paris and North America before permanently immigrating to Israel in 1950, living first in Safed before ultimately settling in Tel Aviv.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eThroughout his career, Bergner became celebrated internationally for his distinctively melancholic style, his pioneering contributions to Australian Social Realism, and his symbolic depiction of the Jewish diaspora. During his decade in Melbourne, he revolutionized the local art scene by introducing a raw expressionism to depict urban poverty. Witnessing the plight of displaced Indigenous Australians, he drew immediate, powerful parallels between their dispossession and the historical persecution of European Jews. Bergner also developed a deep fascination with the works of Franz Kafka, creating extensive series of paintings and illustrations that captured themes of isolation, bureaucracy, and existential dread. In his later Israeli career, his aesthetic transitioned into a more surreal, allegorical style, famously utilizing anthropomorphic, battered everyday objects—such as dented oil lanterns, grated pots, old irons, and broken chairs—as poignant metaphors for human refugees, loneliness, and memory.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003eDuring the 1960s, \u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003eYosl Bergner’s\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[false,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,false,\u0026quot;\\u0026t4ssWc_u:aPo2Hd\u0026quot;]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[\u0026quot;\/m\/03g_gxw\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;Yosl Bergner’s\u0026quot;,0,\u0026quot;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\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;PEOPLE\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,[null,null,null,1,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[291933,null,1,1],null,null,[{\u0026quot;205\u0026quot;:[null,\u0026quot;\/m\/03g_gxw\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;1219\u0026quot;:[null,null,\u0026quot;PEOPLE\u0026quot;,null,null,\u0026quot;\/m\/03g_gxw\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;3524\u0026quot;:[69]}]],null,0,null,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0]]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e work underwent a profound transformation as he fully embraced an allegorical, symbolic surrealism, moving away from his earlier, gritty social realism toward a brighter, yet still deeply melancholic, aesthetic\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. Having settled firmly in Tel Aviv by the late 1950s, his 1960s canvases became increasingly theatrical and colorful, a shift heavily influenced by his simultaneous work designing stage sets and costumes for legendary Israeli playwrights like Nissim Aloni. It was during this vibrant decade that Bergner solidified his signature motif of anthropomorphizing battered, discarded household objects—most famously squashed kitchen pots, cheese graters, cracked jugs, and old oil lanterns. Rather than mere still lifes, these bruised utensils served as powerful metaphors for the uprooted Jewish refugee, human isolation, and the lingering traumas of war, allowing him to process his cosmopolitan-refugee identity within the rapidly changing landscape of a modernizing Israel\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eThis thematic evolution extended seamlessly into Bergner's extensive body of printmaking, particularly through his limited-edition \u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003elithographs and silkscreens (serigraphs)\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. Printmaking became an ideal medium for Bergner to democratize his art and revisit his most powerful motifs across multiple series, such as his celebrated 1960 print cycle \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eWalls\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, which captured the psychological architecture of his memories. His lithographs and screenprints are renowned for their graphic clarity, utilizing bold lines and rhythmic character arrangements that highlight his figures' notably large, soulful eyes—a style best exemplified in celebrated prints like \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eWindows\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eWedding\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Furthermore, Bergner frequently combined text and print, producing highly sought-after graphic suites and hand-signed prints that \u003cstrong\u003eillustrated the works of Franz Kafka\u003c\/strong\u003e, capturing the writer's inherent existential dread through haunting, surrealist imagery. Whether depicting a lone, anthropomorphic grater against an empty sky or a solemn group of pale-faced figures looking through window frames, his print works successfully preserved the \"soulful silence\" and delicate fusion of sadness and joy that defined his grandest oil paintings.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eBeyond the canvas, Bergner was an accomplished set and costume designer, working extensively with iconic Israeli institutions like the Habima Theatre and the Cameri Theatre, while also illustrating numerous Yiddish and Hebrew books. His immense contribution to global culture earned him \u003cstrong\u003emany of Israel's highest honours\u003c\/strong\u003e. He was awarded the prestigious \u003cstrong\u003eDizengoff Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e for painting in 1956 and received the ultimate national accolade, the\u003cstrong\u003e Israel Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e, in 1980. Today, he is remembered as a towering figure who successfully bridged European, Australian, and Israeli artistic traditions.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003eIn \u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" id=\"\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" id=\"\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003esrael\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" id=\"\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, his primary institutional holdings reside at the \u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" id=\"\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsrael Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[\u0026quot;\/m\/04v0_r\u0026quot;,null,null,[\u0026quot;Shrine of the Book\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;art gallery\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sculpture garden\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;archaeological artifact\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;modernist museum exterior\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;Jewish art collection\u0026quot;],null,\u0026quot;where can you find his works\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,[null,null,null,1,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[256809,null,1,1],null,null,[{\u0026quot;205\u0026quot;:[null,\u0026quot;\/m\/04v0_r\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;3524\u0026quot;:[10]}]],null,0,null,null,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,11]]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e in \u003cstrong\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and the \u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" id=\"\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTel Aviv Museum of Art\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[\u0026quot;\/m\/04v1ft\u0026quot;,null,null,[\u0026quot;museum exterior\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;modern art gallery\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;contemporary sculpture\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;architecture atrium\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;painting collection\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;design exhibition\u0026quot;],null,\u0026quot;where can you find his works\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,[null,null,null,1,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[256809,null,1,1],null,null,[{\u0026quot;205\u0026quot;:[null,\u0026quot;\/m\/04v1ft\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;3524\u0026quot;:[10]}]],null,0,null,null,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,11]]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, the latter of which hosted major retrospectives celebrating his lifelong career. His groundbreaking early contributions to Australian Social Realism are housed in \u003cstrong\u003eMelbourne\u003c\/strong\u003e at the \u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" id=\"\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, where iconic early canvases like \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eThe Ghetto Wall\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eThe Pumpkin-eaters\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e are preserved. In North America, his representations of the Jewish diaspora can be viewed at \u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" id=\"\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Jewish Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[\u0026quot;\/m\/052sg7\u0026quot;,null,null,[\u0026quot;museum exterior\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;gallery interior\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;Judaica collection\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;historic artifact\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;contemporary art exhibition\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sculpture\u0026quot;],null,\u0026quot;where can you find his works\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,[null,null,null,1,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[256809,null,1,1],null,null,[{\u0026quot;205\u0026quot;:[null,\u0026quot;\/m\/052sg7\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;3524\u0026quot;:[10]}]],null,0,null,null,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,11]]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e in N\u003cstrong\u003eew York City. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eHis work is regularly featured through prominent Israeli fine art institutions such as \u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" id=\"\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKings Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[\u0026quot;\/g\/11cllh8258\u0026quot;,null,null,[\u0026quot;painting\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;art gallery interior\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;framed artwork\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sculpture\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;art exhibition\u0026quot;],null,\u0026quot;where can you find his works\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,[null,null,null,1,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[256809,null,1,1],null,null,[{\u0026quot;205\u0026quot;:[null,\u0026quot;\/g\/11cllh8258\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;3524\u0026quot;:[10]}]],null,0,null,null,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,11]]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e in \u003cstrong\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" id=\"\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSafrai Fine Art Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[\u0026quot;\/g\/11gjhgxxd7\u0026quot;,null,null,[\u0026quot;painting\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;art gallery interior\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;framed artwork\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;watercolor painting\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sculpture\u0026quot;],null,\u0026quot;where can you find his works\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,[null,null,null,1,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[256809,null,1,1],null,null,[{\u0026quot;205\u0026quot;:[null,\u0026quot;\/g\/11gjhgxxd7\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;3524\u0026quot;:[10]}]],null,0,null,null,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,11]]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, and the \u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" id=\"\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDan Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[\u0026quot;\/g\/11b5s2cfcn\u0026quot;,null,null,[\u0026quot;painting\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;art gallery interior\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;framed artwork\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;fine art\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sculpture\u0026quot;],null,\u0026quot;where can you find his works\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,[null,null,null,1,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[256809,null,1,1],null,null,[{\u0026quot;205\u0026quot;:[null,\u0026quot;\/g\/11b5s2cfcn\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;3524\u0026quot;:[10]}]],null,0,null,null,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,11]]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Story:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eFrom a private collector in Toronto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping Information:\u003c\/strong\u003e Packaging and shipping within Canada is $150. 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