Danny Kerman, Avner Katz, and Moshe Hoffman after Jakob Steinhardt

Jakob Steinhardt was a beloved teacher among his students. After earning a place as an esteemed artist in the Berlin art scene, he arrived in Israel in the 1930s, where he devoted himself to teaching while pursuing his artistic activities. Three of his disciples who studied in the same class in Bezalel were Danny Kerman, Avner Katz, and Moshe Hoffman. They became a link in the chain of masters and students that began with Jozef Israëls and continued with Hermann Struck and Steinhardt himself. Kerman, Katz, and Hoffman used the basic theoretical and practical tools they learned from Steinhardt to evolve in widely different directions. Each found a unique way to express his talent, yet their works all convey the love for their craft - and a special passion for the medium of woodcut - which they inherited from their mentor.