Nine Large Vintage Tourism Posters To Palestine Eretz Israel Netherlands 1926 Ludwig Blum

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9 LARGE TOURISM POSTERS TO PALESTINE ERETZ ISRAEL PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS IN 1926.
THE POSTERS PRINTED  ACCORDING PAINTINGS BY LUDWIG BLUM AND DEPICT THE LANDSCAPES OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL AT THAT TIME.

1.PANORAMA OF JERUSALEM

2.OLD CITY OF NAZARETH

3.THE OLD CITY ALLEY IN JERUSALEM

4.BEDOUIN IN THE DEAD SEA

5.BETHLEHEM

6.THE SEA OF GALILEE

7.MARESBA MONASTERY

8.HAIFA BAY

9.HOLY MARIA NAZARETH

THESE POSTERS PLATES, FROM THE SERIES “PALESTINE IN WORDS AND PICTURES”, WERE PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS AS A TOURISM POSTER FOR THE HOLY LAND AND FOR HANGING IN SCHOOLS.
THE PAINTER LUDWIG BLUM, BORN IN LISEN, CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN 1891, IMMIGRATED TO PALESTINE IN 1923 AND SETTLED IN JERUSALEM. HE HELD MANY EXHIBITIONS IN PALESTINE, EUROPE AND THE U.S., AND WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE INITIATIVE TO FOUND THE ARTISTS’ HOUSE IN JERUSALEM, IN A BUILDING SITUATED NEAR THE KING DAVID HOTEL THAT HAD BEEN IN USE AS A BRITISH OFFICERS’ CLUB. IN 1968 BLUM RECEIVED THE “YAKIR YERUSHALAYIM” (WORTHY CITIZEN OF JERUSALEM) AWARD FOR HIS ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY. BLUM DIED IN JERUSALEM IN 1974.

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