Jacob Steinhardt

Jacob Steinhardt (1887–1968) was a painter and woodcut artist, who worked mainly in woodcuts depicting biblical and other Jewish subjects. Born in Zerkow, Germany, he immigrated to Israel during 1933. He studied at the School of Art in Berlin in 1906, then studied painting with Louis Corinth and engraving with Herman Struck in 1907.

From 1908-1910 he travelled to Paris, where he associated with Matisse and Steinlen, and in 1911 he was in Italy. When World War I broke out, he enlisted in the German army, and served on the Eastern Front in Poland and Lithuania, and then in Macedonia. After the war, he returned to Berlin, and in 1922 married Minni Gumpert. He participated in the New Sezession, and founded the Pathetiker Group.

After moving to Israel, Steinhardt opened an art school in Jerusalem in 1934. In 1948 he closed the art school and became Chairman of the Graphics Department at the Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts. From 1954-57 he was the Director of that school.

Steinhardt died 1968 and was buried in Nahariyya.