Vienna & the Young Hitler, by William A. Jenks; A Study in Austrian Intellectual History, by Robert A. Kann by Alfred Werner DR. KANN perceives a cyclical development in Austrian history from the late Baroque to early Romanticism (from the middle of…
Wooden Synagogues, by Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka by Alfred Werner "WEATHERBEATEN and very old, of a deep metallic dull-green hue, it towered impressively above the market square, topped with its…
Jewish Ceremonial Art, edited by Stephen S. Kayser and Guido Schoenberger by Alfred Werner AMONG Jewish historians and theologians nowadays one often encounters the notion that the plastic arts were never a particular concern…
Epstein, Photographs by Geoffrey Ireland, Introduction by Laurie Lee by Alfred Werner SIR JACOB EPSTEIN told me that he was not too happy about this elegant volume: it was much too "personal."…
Art in Crisis, by Hans Sedlmayr by Alfred Werner PANEL discussions in academic circles are rarely characterized by violent outbursts of emotion. But in the summer of 1950, when…
The Painter Jules Pascin:A Jewish Bohemian by Alfred Werner IT HAS been said that the only real life is that of one's fame, but the painter Jules Pascin would…
Modigliani et Son Oeuvre, by Arthur Pfannstiehl; Modigliani, by Claude Roy; Ma Vie, by Marc Chagall by Alfred Werner I ONCE asked Chagall how he had managed to reach his seventies in good health, and to reap all the…
