Eisenscher was an Israeli painter. He was born in Bukovina and received his artistic education in Chernowitz and at the Academy for Arts in Vienna. In his youth he associated with a group of Jewish intellectuals, including Itsik Manger, Eliezer Steinberg, Bernard Reder and others. He made Aliyah in 1935 and settled in Tel Aviv. Eisenscher taught at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design between the years 1952 and 1967. His exhibitions were displayed worldwide. For five years he had lived in Paris and was influenced by Cubism. His paintings included visions of the Jewish shtetls in Eastern Europe, markets, synagogues and scenes from Eretz Yisrael and its characters. In 1954 he marketed a selection of colorful wood carvings. In 1957 he participated in the Venice Biennial international art exhibition. Eisenscher was awarded the Dizengoff Prize (1947) and was distinguished by the city of Haifa (1958). His painting "The Night of November 29th" hangs in the Knesset Speaker’s Bureau. https://www.knesset.gov.il/lexicon/eng/aizensher_eng.htm Jacob Eisenscher studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and after spending five years in Paris, immigrated to Israel in 1935. He taught at the Bezalel in Jerusalem for fifteen years and is known for his paintings of that city and surrounding villages, landscapes and coasts. His style is largely characterized by the geometric trend of the Constructivist School. Having numerous one-man shows in Israeli museums and galleries, Eisenscher was awarded the Dizengoff Prize in 1947, the Sao Paolo Biennale Prize in 1953, and the Haifa Municipality Prize in 1958. http://www.askart.com/artist/Jacob_Eisenscher/9001418/Jacob_Eisenscher.aspx undefined

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