| LC control no. | no2008119575 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Abbo, Jussuf, 1890-1953 |
| Variant(s) | Abbo, Jussuff, 1888-1953 Abbo, Jussef, 1890-1953 Abbu, Jussuff, 1890-1953 |
| Associated country | Palestine Turkey England Great Britain Germany |
| Associated place | Berlin (Germany) |
| Birth date | 1890-02-14 |
| Death date | 1953-08-29 |
| Place of birth | Tsefat (Israel) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Ceramics Sculpture |
| Profession or occupation | Artists Graphic artists Sculptors Potters |
| Found in | Abbo, 1965: p. 2 of cover (Jussuff Abbo; b. 1888 in Safed, d. Aug. 29, 1953 in London; in Berlin 1911-1935; artist) Wikimedia Commons, March 12, 2019 (Jussef Abbo; originally Jussuff Abbu; born 14 February 1890 in Safed, Ottoman Empire [Tsefat, Israel]; sidebar: British, birth date given in sidebar as 14 October 1888, from Wikipedia; Berlin historic plaque (image): Jussuf Abbo, 14.2.1890 - 29.8.1953; Bildhauer, Grafiker und Keramiker; in Safed/Palästina geboren; kam Abbo 1911 nach Berlin; 1919 erhielt er ein Meisteratelier an der Akademie der Künste; Er war Mitglied des Deutschen Künstlerbundes; Wegen seiner jüdischen Herkunft musste Abbo 1935 ins Exil nach England gehen) Wikipedia, March 12, 2019 (Jussuf Abbo; born 14 February 1890, Safed, Ottoman Palestine; died 29 August 1953, age 63, London; nationality: Palestinian Ottoman, later Egyptian; known for sculpture, printmaking; born to a large Jewish family of farm workers; won a scholarship to attend the Alliance Israelite Universelle school in Jerusalem; employed as a stone mason by German architect Otto Hoffmann in Jerusalem, who arranged for him to study at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1913; by 1919 he had a master studio at Academy of Arts, Berlin and was a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund (Association of German Artists); in 1935, realizing he was stateless due to dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1920s, he managed to obtain Egyptian nationality; fled Nazi Germay to England with his wife Ruth Schultz; some of his sculptures arrived in England in 1937, much of it removed and destroyed by the Nazi regime as "Degenerate Art"; unable to work in his London studio during the war; at the end of the war in 1945 he was not able to keep his studio, and as a result destroyed most of the works created in England due to lack of storage space and frustration; died in a London hospital following a lengthy illness) Jussuf Abbo website, viewed March 12, 2019 (Jussuf Abbo, sculptor and printmaker, 1890-1953; born 14 February 1890) <https://jussuf.abbo.uk/#ruth> |
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