Choose Online Sukkah Decorations and Judaica Art Paintings

Jerusalem is a famous city. It is famous as it is believed to be a holy city and a heaven on earth. It is also known for its festival. Sukkot is a festival of Jerusalem. It is a festival that is celebrated every year and it goes on for a week. This is celebrated because after so many years the Jewish people came back to their city. In this festival, the Jewish people make sukkah which are like temporary houses, and they have to decorate these too.

Sukkah decorations are a very important part of this festival and it is a part of the celebration only. For seven days, they stay here in these sukkahs and after seven days they return to their own houses. This festival is celebrated with so much excitement and joy and all the Jews come together and celebrate.

The artist has tried to show how the Jewish people have struggled for basic things like electricity and they had to leave their own city. The artist got so inspired with Jerusalem and the life of Jews that he just could not stop making paintings on this topic. He wanted to learn more and more about them. The Jewish people stayed in a lot of different places. 

Judaica art paintings are very popular in the world of art. So many artists have made paintings on the life of Jews and Jerusalem. The Jewish people have lived a difficult life and they have struggled so much. Their struggles have inspired so many people. Jewish life paintings is an important series of paintings of Jerusalem. These paintings have shown the true spirit of Jerusalem and the reality of the life of Jews. 

The artist has stayed in all the places where the Jewish stayed so that he could portray their life in the best possible way. He visited the shtetls where the Jews used to stay and then captured them in his paintings. He is even working on some new paintings about Jerusalem and life of the Jews. All these beautiful paintings are available for sale and one can definitely buy them if they wish to. Otherwise, you can just have a look at them online. If you like history, you should definitely visit Jerusalem and read more about it. It is definitely a city which will motivate you to do something, and paintings are the best way to know more about it.

The Vibe of Alex Levin's Jewish Paintings

I’m taking an interview with the Israeli artist Alex Levin.

“Alex, what age did you start drawing and please tell me when did you come to Israel and how did you start your life in Israel?”

- I started painting very early when I was 6 years old when I took paper and pencils and I realized that I cannot live without it. So many years have passed and I continue and continue to paint.

Jerusalem Paintings by Alex Levin

In Kiev, I graduated from an Art school and when I was ninetieth year old, my family and I immigrated to Israel. Israel is an amazing country and fall in love with it at first sight. When I saw this light, this sun, the ocean of ​​people smiles, new smells, I realized that I got home.

“Alex, the Judaica Paintings goes through all your work. Could you tell why this theme is so important in your paintings?”

- They say that my ancestors Levites sang in the Jerusalem Temple two thousand years ago and probably there is something in the genes. Judaism theme is very important to me. This is one of the main topics that I devote all my time. In order to better study the topic of Judaism and in order for the paintings to become more believable, I spent a lot of time in the Jewish areas of Jerusalem, communicated with religious people and tried to live the life that today's Jews live in the areas of Jerusalem. I try to imagine how Jews lived in small towns 100 years ago somewhere in Ukraine, Belarus and Poland, and I try to open the curtain and door and imagine how they kept shabbat, how their kids when to schools, how they went to the synagogue and how they prayed. Most of the Jews lived in small towns (Shtetls).

Jewish Life Paintings by Alex Levin

This beautiful world unfortunately disappeared after the WWII and most of those people vanished in concentration camps. In order to better understand what the towns looked like in Europe, I went to Poland to see how Jews lived before, what they saw and how they prayed. Unfortunately, after visiting Poland, there was a very sad impression, since there were practically no Jews there, and only from the stories of local residents it was possible to find out what happened to them in those terrible days of war and disaster.

“Alex, What do you paint with?”

- All my paintings are painted with oil on canvas, this is a very difficult job where sometimes it takes a lot of time to get a good painting. I have small miniature paintings and very large size works.

Judaica wall art by Alex Levin

“Alex, but nevertheless the most unusual pictures are those pictures where there is light. Divine light that comes from your paintings. Can you tell us more?”

- You correctly noticed that light is one of the most important things in my paintings because with light we can tell a lot in the picture. With the help of light one can extract the most important thing in the picture. For example, the portrait of an old Jew, the smile of children, the light of the Torah. The work with light is important in my paintings, also in Rembrandt’s paintings, which through light and darkness conveyed the essence of a person’s character and his temple. I also try to follow these great artists of the past.

“Alex are you a religious person or not?”

- I am not a religious person, but I follow traditions, I observe holidays. Few times a year I go to the synagogue. I very often visit Jerusalem and other places connected with Judaism.

Jerusalem Paintings by Alex Levin

“Tell us Alex, who are your customers who buy your paintings?”

- My Judaica paintings sold all over the world. Both Jews and non-Jews collecting my paintings. All that unites these people is their love for Israel and Jerusalem, their love for Jewish traditions. My Jewish paintings are often printed on calendars that distributed all over the world as well as lithographs and reproductions. There are also many different product with my artworks.

“Thank you very much Alex, I would like to ask what would be your next series of paintings?”

- I’m currently working on a large series of abstract paintings of Jerusalem called Colors of Judaism, where I am trying with new techniques, new media, new colors to convey the vibe that Jews feel in the synagogue and during prayer. This is a large series of paintings that I dedicate all my time now.

Contemporary Jerusalem Paintings by Alex Levin

Contemporary Jerusalem Paintings by Alex Levin