Otto Schneid

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Otto Schneid (Hebrew: אוטו שנייד; also known as Naftali Schneid; 30 January 1900 – 12 May 1974) was an Austrian-Israeli art historian, writer and artist. He was based in Europe and later in Israel and North America.

Biography

Schneid was born on 30 January 1900 in Jablunkov, Austria-Hungary.^[1] He received his PhD from the University of Vienna. He was among the early researchers studying the field of Jewish art in Europe during the interwar period, and had completed a manuscript titled Der Jude und die Kunst ("The Jew in the Arts").^[2]^[3] Schneid later worked as a professor in Israel and then later in North America. His archives are maintained by the National Library of Israel,^[4] and the University of Toronto.^[5]

Otto Schneid was married to the writer Miriam Schneid (1923–2012). He died on 12 May 1974 in Toronto, Canada.^[1]

Select publications

Schneid, O. (1934). Das chinesische Vordergrundbild: Tier- und Pflanzenmalerei Ostasiens. Vienna: Rohrer.
Schneid, O. (1939). "Yiddishe Kunst in Poyln", Yidisher gezelshaftlekher lexikon Vol. 1. pp. 334–358.
Schneid, O. (1946). Tziyurei bet-ha-knesset b'dura-iropas: Yetzirah yehudit atika u'mekomah b'toldot ha-umnot [Paintings of the synagogue in Dora-Europos: An ancient Jewish work and its place in the history of art]. Tel Aviv: Gazit.
Schneid, O. (1947). Ha-tanakh b'tmunot Rembrandt [The Hebrew Bible in the paintings of Rembrandt]. Tel Aviv: Yavne.
Schneid, O. (1947). Omanut Yaṿan ha-ḳlasit. Amud.
Schneid, O. (1970). The Man-Made Hell: A Search for Rescue. Toronto: Source Books.
Schneid, O. (1971). The Book of Ruth with twelve Facsimile Plates after Original Drawings. Toronto: Source Books.
Schneid, O. (1976). Birkat tehom [Blessing of the depths]. Tel Aviv: Traklin.

References

^ ^a ^b "Otto Schneid". Verbrannte und Verbannte (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ "The Otto Schneid 'Treasure'". University of Toronto. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ Friedman, Philip (1949). "Polish Jewish Historiography between the Two Wars (1918–1939)". Jewish Social Studies. 11: 373–408. ISBN 978-0969125693.
^ "Otto Schneid". The National Library of Israel. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ "Manuscript Collection MS COLL 00350 - Otto Schneid Papers". University of Toronto. Retrieved 2023-07-16.