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The Life of Moses

Moses the sculptor | Schotz Benno

Moses raises a hammer over his head as he holds the Tablets to his chest with his arm and a chisel in his other hand.

Source: Exodus 34 Weekly Portion: Ki Tissa

Marble sculpture
213.7

Publication Date:
1949

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	Schotz Benno (1891-1984) Scottish-Jewish sculptor. Born in Estonia , he emigrated to Glasgow in 1912, where he studied engineering and sculpture. He created many portraits unique in their personal expression of turmoil, sensitivity and tension that exist in the human form. For decades the head of sculpture at the Glasgow School of Art, he was appointed Sculptor Ordinary for Scotland in 1963. He was also a fervent Zionist and was buried in Jerusalem.