A massive masterpiece painting, Lieberman captures the essence of
Tashlich. It is apparent that it is taking place in Russia. Masterfully painted,
Lieberman uses multiple bright colors to achieve the goal of showing the
viewer the long gone life of the Old World Shtetel. Painted in 1967 and
exhibited in Jacques Lipchitz’s Exhibition of Chassidic Art at Wayne
University in Detroit shortly after. The Rebbe sent Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky as
his liaison to read a letter at its opening.
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Lieberman was born Chenoch Hendel Futerfas in Plyeshchanitsy, Belarus,
then Russia. He was a Chabad Chassidic artist and the brother of the
Mashpia Rabbi Menachem Mendle Futerfas. Lieberman was known in the
Chabad community as Feter Hendel ("Uncle Hendel").
In 1925 he married Breina Freidman, with whom he had two daughters. His
wife and children were murdered by a Nazi Einsatzgruppe in 1941 while he
was serving in the Red Army. In 1946 he left Russia using forged Polish
papers and changed his name to Lieberman to avoid detection by the KGB.
After living in Paris and London, he moved to Brooklyn as a Chossid of the
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
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Hendel Lieberman’s art depicts Jewish and Hasidic life and customs. His
paintings can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Chabad rock
band Feter Hendel ("Uncle Hendel") is named after Hendel Lieberman
Measurement: 39” x 34” Measurement with frame: 45” x 41”
In addition, the auction features 130 other lots of important and rare antique and modern
Judaica.
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About J. Greenstein & Co.
About J. Greenstein & Co.
J. Greenstein & Company, Inc. was founded in 2004 by antique Judaica expert Jonathan Greenstein. For over 43 years, since the age of 14, Jonathan has been the “go-to guy” when it comes to authenticating antique Judaica. The gallery holds a number of Judaica auctions each year and serves collectors, museums, and other institutions that purchase these ritual objects to build their collections of Jewish art. J. Greenstein & Company, Inc. auction house is exceptionally well respected as experts in antique Judaica and Jewish art.
About Jonathan Greenstein
Jonathan Greenstein is the founder, president, and expert-in-charge at J. Greenstein & Company, Inc. in Cedarhurst, New York. It is a boutique auction house that exclusively sells antique Jewish ritual objects—also known as Judaica—as well as Jewish-themed art.
Jonathan has been featured on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, NBC News with Chuck Scarborough, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Crain’s New York Business, The New Yorker, KTLA Television, The Atlanta Commercial Appeal, The Forward, Reform Judaism Magazine, The Observer, Art Market Magazine, The Miami Herald, Long Island Business News, The Jewish Voice, The Jewish Week, The Times of Israel, The American Bar Association Journal, The Jewish Link, Jewish Business News, The Nassau Herald, The Five Towns Jewish Times, The Huffington Post, The Robb Report, The Motley Fool, CBS New York, The Texas Jewish Herald, and many others.
His auction house is famous for auctioning Sammy Davis Jr.’s personal menorah, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach’s piano, as well as Professor Alan Dershowitz’s Judaica collection. In addition, during the Madoff scandal, he gained national attention for selling Rabbi Alexander Schindler’s Judaica pro bono on behalf of his widow.
Jonathan is also a columnist for Hamodia, writes on art and culture for The Algemeiner Journal, and is a frequent guest on Fox Business Network with Stuart Varney.
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