Family Portraits

פּאָרטרעטן
oleg tsank and esterke are posing in front of a portrait of esterke.

𝘛𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵? 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 – 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳! 𝘈 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺. 𝘖𝘭𝘦𝘨 𝘛𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰@𝘺𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.𝘤𝘢 . 𝘖𝘭𝘦𝘨 𝘛𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘰, 𝘊𝘈. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘖𝘭𝘦𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. “𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰, 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵; 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦.𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦. 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳.” 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 1983 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘳𝘰 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘖𝘭𝘦𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘵. “𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 – 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘋𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘳𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺”, 𝘖𝘭𝘦𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘴.

Oleg Tsank painting a Yiddish portrait of a man on an easel inside the studio at Yiddishland California.
Oleg Tsank standing beside a finished Yiddish portrait with the model at Yiddishland California.
Oleg Tsank posing with a finished Yiddish portrait and model during an art session at Yiddishland California.
Oleg Tsank drawing a seated woman outdoors during a Yiddish portrait session at Yiddishland California.
Colorful expressionist self-portrait of Oleg Tsank from the Yiddish Family Portraits collection.
Oleg Tsank smiling while sketching during a Yiddish portrait session outdoors at Yiddishland California.
Oleg Tsank sketching outdoors with a notebook, surrounded by greenery at Yiddishland California.
Four Yiddish-themed paintings by Oleg Tsank displayed on the wall at Yiddishland California.
Oleg Tsank holding his sketchbook and smiling during a Yiddish portrait session at Yiddishland California.
Oleg Tsank painting a colorful Yiddish portrait of a woman on an easel at Yiddishland California.
Oleg Tsank sketching a Yiddish family portrait outdoors during a joyful session at Yiddishland California.
Oleg Tsank sketching a woman in a red dress during a Yiddish portrait session outdoors.

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