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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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Facts about Eli Jacobi

   Publications  Book References:  10
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10 Book References for Eli Jacobi
Year Author Title Pages Color
2015 Moure, Nancy Dustin Publications in California Art No. 11 Index to California Art Exhibited at the Laguna Beach Art Association, 1918-1972 0 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1983 Contreras, Belasario R Tradition and Innovation in New Deal Art 253 No
1977 Park, Marlene/Gerald Markowitz New Deal for Art: The Government Art Projects of the 1930s
(Exhibition catalog)
172 No
1973 O'Connor, Francis V (editor) Art for the Millions Essays by...Artists...WPA Federal Art Project 317 No
1939 Parker, Thomas (De Young Mus) Frontiers of American Art: Works Progress Administration
(Exhibition catalog)
111 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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