Pann, Abel

Pann, Abel
PANN, Abel The Bible. Genesis, from the Creation until the Deluge [...]. Jerusalem The Palestine Art Publishing Co s.d Folio. Publisher's binding: bradel half vellum, cardboard covers titled in Hebrew and English (edges and sm. parts of covers rubbed). First vol. only with special title. Text in Hebrew and English. Complete with 25 orig. lithogr. plates with biblical verses sign. by Abel Pann (1883-1963), Israel painter and draughtsman, born in Kreslavka, Latvia. Pann studied in Paris under Bougereau and Toulouse-Lautrec and in 1913 went to Palestine where he executed "The Bible in Pictures", using local oriental types to depict biblical characters.