Enrico Glicenstein (24 May 1870 – 30 December 1942) was a Polish-born sculptor who lived in Italy and the United States.

Life

Glicenstein was born in

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in 1870 and named Enoch Hendryk Glicenstein. His father was a teacher who also worked as a monumental mason. He initially showed interest in being a rabbi whilst working in

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painting signs and carving wood. After studying in Munich at the Royal Bavarian Academy of Art he married Helena Hirszenberg in 1896. The couple lived in

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where he adopted the name "Enrico". His son Emanuel was born in Rome, and Glicenstein became an Italian citizen.

Leaving Italy

In 1906, Glicenstein returned from a trip to Germany and exhibited his paintings there until

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broke out and he moved his family to Poland. He took over the Chair belonging to

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at the University of Warsaw in 1910. At the end of the war the family lived in Switzerland until they emigrated to London in 1920. During the next eight years he exhibited first in London and later in Rome and Venice.

America

Glicenstein emigrated to America in 1928 with his son Emanuel. His wife and daughter joined him in New York in 1935. Glicenstein wanted to go to

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but he died in a car accident in 1942. His son became a notable painter and lived in

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in Israel. Jeremiah by Enrico Glicenstein

Legacy

The Glicenstein Museum was founded in Safed, Israel.Sylwetka artysty w portalu culture.pl Biography
in Polish, accessed December 2011 It became the Israel Bible Museum in 1985, and many Glicenstein sculptures are still displayed there. In 2008 the Deputy Mayor of Safed was indicted for stealing paintings that had been put in storage when the Glicenstein Museum changed its role. Glicenstein's works are found in a number of collections including the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the

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, the

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, the

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna The ("National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art"), also known as La Galleria Nazionale, is an art museum in Rome. It was founded in 1883 on the initiative of the then minister Guido Baccelli and is dedicated to modern and contemporary ar ...

in Rome, the national museums in

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and

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, the

Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Located near the Prospect Heig ...

, the

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and the

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust, dedicated to the documentation, study, and interpretation of the Holocaust. Opened in 1993, the museum explores the Holocaust through p ...

. Glicenstein has papers in the Smithsonian. Jean Cassou has published a book on Glicenstein Sculpture.Glicenstein Sculpture
accessed December 2011 Portraits of Glicenstein and his daughter Beatrice were made by his son Emanuel Glicen Romano. (His son changed his name to avoid being accused of exploiting his father's fame).

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