Esther Berlin-Joel

Esther Berlin-Joel (also known as Esther Berli-Joel, Esther Barli-Joel, in Hebrew: אסתר ברלי-יואל, (May 2, 1895 – March 7, 1972[1]) was a German-born Israeli painter and graphic designer. She designed the coats of arms for the Israeli cities of Haifa and Holon.

Esther Berlin-Joel
Esther Berlו Joel, Israeli painter and poster artist
BornMay 2, 1895
Hamburg, Germany
DiedMarch 7, 1972(1972-03-07) (aged 76)
Haifa, Israel
NationalityGerman, Israeli
EducationAlexander Archipenko, Ludwig Meidner
Alma mater
Known forPainting, graphic design

Biography

Esther Else Joel was born on March 2, 1895, in Hamburg, Germany. Joel was greatly interested in the arts and between 1915 and 1920 she went to study at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg. After completion of her studies she moved to Berlin in 1920. While in Berlin she studied arts with Alexander Archipenko and Ludwig Meidner at the Berlin University of the Arts.[2] Berlin-Joel had her first personal exhibition in 1925, in Hamburg.

In 1922 Esther married Dr. Haim Berlin, and their son Dan was born in 1923. At the end of 1925, the family immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and settled in Tel Aviv. In 1930, Haim Berlin and Esther divorced, and she continued to publish under the name E. Berlin-Joel. Following the movement for Hebraization of surnames, Esther changed her last name to Berli-Joel.

Berli-Joel was a prolific graphic designer and artist, she had many exhibitions, including 12 solo exhibitions. She designed many posters, coat of arms and emblems. Berli-Joel also published several books showing her collective works.

In 1936, she received first prize for her book of paintings about Haifa.

Esther Berlin-Joel died on March 7, 1972, and is buried in Haifa, Israel.[1]

Coats of arms

Berlin-Joel designed the coats of arms of many organizations. She was also approached to design the coat of arms for Holon[3] and Haifa and suggested options for the Jerusalem coat of arms.

The city of Holon, Israel, coat of Arms designed by E. Berlin Joel

Haifa coat of arms
The city of Haifa coat of arms

In early 1934, Hassan Bey Shukri, mayor of Haifa, started the process of selecting a coat of arms for the city. In July 1935, an external committee decided on a competition with a prize of 15 Palestine pounds. By 1936, the committee, comprising with additional judges including an artist, architect and an engineer, couldn't find a winner, but was impressed with the designs suggested by Esther Berlin-Joel. The committee decided to ask Berlin-Joel to finish the design, with specific guidelines provided. Berlin-Joel designed several swatches, combining Mount Carmel and the sea. On April 22, 1936, the committee convened for the final time to select the design and approve. The Haifa coat of arms was approved by June 1936.[4][5]

Jerusalem coat of arms

In 1943, Berli-Joel approached Mustafa al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem and provided several suggestions for the City of Jerusalem's coat of arms. The city hall adopted one of Berli-Joel's suggestions on May 20, 1943, but required the approval of the College of Arms. Due to the conditions during World War II, this approval was delayed. Following the death of al-Khalidi in 1944, and disagreements within city fractions for a rotation of Arab-Jewish mayors, the British High Commissioner disbanded the council and appointed an all-British council starting on July 11, 1945.[6] The discussion on the coat of arms was archived.

Publications
  • 8 chalk drawings (1938) ("דמויות" in Hebrew:characters) [7][8]
  • Collection of works: Folk in Israel (1955)[2][9]
  • Collection of works: Children in Israel[2]

Posters

Posters designed by E. Berlin Joel:

Selected exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Solo Exhibition, Hamburg (1925)
  • E. Berlin-Joel and Melita Schiffer, Haifa (1941)[16][17]

Group exhibitions

Among the group exhibitions Berli-Joel participated in:[18]

  • Israeli contemporary artists (1951) Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • General exhibition of Israeli artists (1954) Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • Israeli contemporary artists (1955), Tel Aviv
  • General exhibition of Israeli Artist celebrating 50 years since the foundation of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • General exhibition of Israeli artists (1960) Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • General exhibition of Israeli artists (1961) Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • General exhibition of Israeli artists (1963) Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • Art Exhibition (1963), the Marc Chagall Artists center, Haifa
  • General exhibition of Israeli artists (1965) Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • Israeli Artists for Defence, (1967) The Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • 1976, Haifa Museum of Art

References
  1. "Esther Berli-Joel". billiongraves.com. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. "Esther Berli-Joel". Israel Museum, Israeli Art data center. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  3. "about the city of Holon and its coat of arms (In Hebrew)". Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  4. Goren, Tamir, "History of the Haifa coat of arms" (Hebrew) Newsletter of the association of the history of Haifa, Vol 1 January 2004
  5. Ilan, Alon, "Another glimpse into the Haifa coat of arms" (Hebrew) Newsletter of the association of the history of Haifa, Vol. 4 November 2006
  6. It's sad to be the mayor of Jerusalem
  7. 8 chalk drawings in the National Library of Israel database
  8. E. Berli-Joel, characters auction site
  9. Barli-Joel, Esther 1895–1972 on the worldcat identity
  10. Palestine Maritime Lloyd Ltd. Haifa, Esther Berlin-Joel
  11. Esther Berlin-Joel (15 October 2011). "Palestine Maritime Lloyd Ltd. Haifa". Palestine Poster Project Archives. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  12. Esther Berlin-Joel (9 May 2011). "Everybody To the Fair". Palestine Poster Project Archives. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  13. Defense - Production - Absorption Esther Berlin-Joel Palestine Poster Project Archives
  14. Zion - Would You Ask After the Well-Being of Thy Immigrants? Esther Berlin-Joel Palestine Poster Project Archives
    Poster at National Library of Israel
  15. poster for the Association of Working mothers E. Berli-Joel, 1948-1952 Exhibition, the Museum of the City of Haifa
  16. "Exhibition of Berlin-Joel, Schiffer". archived at the National Library of Israel. 1941.
  17. "כרזה לתערוכת תמונות של א.ברלין יואל בהדר חיפה". archived at the National Library of Israel.
  18. "Esther Berli JOel, list of exhibitions". Israel Museum, data center for Israeli artists. Retrieved October 17, 2018.

Posters designed by E. Berlin Joel:

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