Two Relief Portraits by Leo Horovitz (1876-1964) – Rabbi Dr. Markus Mordechai Horovitz / Louis Feist

Two relief portraits by Leo Horovitz (1876-1964):
1. Portrait of Rabbi Dr. Markus Mordechai Horovitz (the artist's father).
Bronze, cast. Signed: "L. Horovitz."
Rabbi Dr. Markus Mordechai Horovitz (1844-1910), rabbi of the Orthodox community in Frankfurt and historian. Born in Hungary, he studied in the yeshivot of Ujhel, Vrbové and Eisenstadt. Studied philosophy and Orientalia in the universities of Vienna, Budapest, Berlin and Tübingen. In 1878, after part of the Orthodox community headed by R. Samson Raphael Hirsh seceded and established the separatist Adath Jeshurun community, he was appointed Orthodox rabbi within the general Jewish community.
22X18 cm. Set in cloth-covered frame.
2. Portrait of Louis Feist.
Bronze, cast. Signed: "L. Horovitz."
Louis Feist (1857-1913), community leader in Frankfurt, economist and philanthropist. President of the Beer, Sondheimer & Co. metal company, and Jewish-Orthodox political activist.
Diameter: 17 cm. Set in cloth-covered frame.
Leo Horovitz (1876-1964), sculptor and medallist born in Gnesen (Gniezno, Poland); son of Rabbi Dr. Markus Mordechai Horovitz. Together with his brother, Felix, he opened a silver workshop in Frankfurt, producing mainly Jewish ceremonial objects for synagogues and for private clients.