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Eli Jacobi

Eli Jacobi (1898 - 1984) was active/lived in New York / Ukraine, Russian Federation.  Eli Jacobi is known for Prints, illustration-cartoons.

The following is submitted by the artist's nephew, Jake Jacobi:

He passed away in 1984, while living in New York.
An exhibition celebrating many of his works was held at the Mary Ryan Gallery in 1986. At intervals, as time permits, I would like to add items of interest regarding mu uncle, Eli Jacobi. I would like to start with an article about him from 1918. He was featured in an article in The World Magazine, January 13, 1918. The following is the text of that article:
"Boy Artist Captive of Jerusalem Turks," by Charles W. Wood.

Nowhere was the fall of Jerusalem celebrated with more genuine emotion than in New York City. And no one in New York could have felt more poignantly happy over the great world event than Elias Jacobi. Elias is 19 years old. Two years ago he was a prisoner of the Turks in a Jerusalem jail, in about the most forlorn situation that any young Jew could be. True, he was only "interned for the war," but his jailers were the hated Moslems, despoil   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4966 characters.]  Artist bio

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