Birds in Yiddish children’s book, Leib Kwitko and Issachar Ber Ryback, Schwellen Verlag, Berlin, 1922
“Foyglen (Birds) is the title of a Yiddish children’s book by Leib Kvitko. It was illustrated by Issachar Ber Ryback.
For his book designs, Ryback drew inspiration from Russian folk art and traditional Jewish motifs. While still in the Ukraine, he made drawings of Jewish gravestones and synagogues and sketched life in the country’s small Jewish communities. These sketches later found their way into his book illustrations.” (via Jewish Museum Berlin)
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