Salon 1913 M.Bismouth - Synagogue - Synagoge - синагога

Front Text - 2044 A.F. N.N. Paris;Text on the back -A. Noyer, Editeur, Paris.;Production period - 1913;Front Period - 1913;Category - Jewish types;Description - This vertical postcard depicts a painting of the Jewish Tunisian artist, Maurice Bismouth (1891-1965). This painter was born in Tunisia but became renowed in Europe above all. After studying art in the school of the Louvre in Paris, he received the big prize of Roma in 1923. We notice in this work a particular interest for the Bedouin women, rabbis at the prayer, and extraordinary figures like magicians, dervishes or beggars. The scene occurs in a Synagogue interior, probably in the Ghriba of Djerba according to the columns. We can see in the middle of the picture the Tevah (the elevated place, often situated in the center of the Synagogues in the Sephardi world, where the Torah scroll is read and from where the services are conducted). Two men stand on it with the Sefer Torah (Torah scroll): They wear the Tallit (the shawl prayer) and are proceeding on the Torah reading. Around the Tevah, there are se;Back Handwritten Text - Maurice Bismouth, Jewish Painter See his picture in Bet Hatefuzot Catalogue 'from Cartage to Jerusalem', page 72