Seymour Rosenthal

1921-2007, New York

About Seymour Rosenthal 

Born in 1921 and raised in The Bronx, New York City, Seymour Joseph Rosenthal was a child of the Great Depression. A self taught artist from the age of 5 until his last days, his art features Yiddish spirituality, culture and daily life combined with the everyday struggle of the working class.

About YAAANA & Yiddishland

The Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America (YAAANA) is a La Jolla-based growing non-profit that strives to preserve Yiddish language and culture through the organization of both in-person and online cultural events, language classes and theater performances both in America and around the world.

Click here to learn more about us and our associated project Yiddishland.

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Letters of Recognition

Letter from Alfred H. Barr Jr.

Founding Director of the Museum of Modern Art, to Steven Kayser director of the Jewish Museum Mar 27, 1958.

Letter From Senior Curator Steven Miller

Museum of the City of New York – Nov 1st, 1985.

Letter from NY Public Library
Curator Roberta Waddell – June 12, 1992.
Official White House Letter
From sitting President Barack Obama to Seymour’s daughter Maxine Melzer Dec 2, 2015.
Official White House Letter
From Sitting President Richard Nixon July 17, 1973.
Letter From Rose A. Conway
Secretary to past President Harry S Truman – Harry S Truman Library, Independence Missouri July 24, 1972.
Response letter from Actor Kirk Douglas
Upon receiving art 1999.

Featured Items

Seymour Rosenthal’s Auctioned Items

Gutting a Fish

Making Kasha

The Butcher

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The Philosophers

The Bird Feeders

The Pickle Lady

Holiday Shopping

In The Park

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