JUDAICA

GERMAN GOLD

Judaica at its best.

By Maximillien de Lafayette

    

Paintings by German Gold

 

German Gold is an artist with a heart bigger than life, a Jewish theologico-philosophical visionary with a spiritual outlook at the world, a brilliant Russian  artist with warm feelings and affection toward people and nature. You got to love this man who has so many qualities, virtues, goodness and immense talent. Two elements constitute his human fabric: Talent and humility. To me, German is a mixture of Leo Tolstoi, Victor Hugo and Titian. A  humanistic artist who walks tall among great masters.

German spent the best part of his life in the provinces of the Ukraine. He soaked himself in everyday life of his beloved town. Immensely modest and humble, German keeps away from splashes of modern societies and their plastic glitters. The art works of Gold reproduce that provincial - patriarchal Jewish world that was burnt to ashes and dissipated in faded memories and forbidden historical accuracy. In his art, he tries to depict the life of his "fathers" and at the same time  attempts to show the forgiving passion of Judaic sons of the Ukraine. His portraits, landscape and religious themes evolved around patriarchal era of the Hebraic culture and familial scenes imbibed with religious fervor soaked in biblical colors and universal humanism.