Leon Israel
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BornDecember 12, 1887
Pinsk, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 12, 1955 (aged 67)
New York City, United States
Leon Israel | |
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![](#/media/File:Leon_"Lola"_Israel.png) Portrait from a 1955 obituary | |
| Born | December 12, 1887 Pinsk, Russian Empire |
| Died | January 12, 1955 (aged 67) New York City, United States |
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![](#/media/File:Signature_of_Leon_"Lola"_Israel.svg) | |
Leon Israel (Yiddish: לעאָן איזראַעל; December 12, 1887 – January 12, 1955), known under the pseudonym "Lola" (לאָלאַ),[1] was an American artist. Born and raised in Pinsk, he immigrated to the United States in 1905. He worked there as a famous cartoonist and painter.
Career
In 1909 Israel published his first caricature, that of Jacob Gordin, for the weekly magazine Der groyser kundes under his pseudonym "Lola".[2][3] He also illustrated various Yiddish books, and in 1953 he published a picturebook, Di amoliker ist said in bilder (The East Side of Yesteryear in Pictures), which depicts immigrants in Manhattan during the early 20th century.[2][3][4]
!["Open for Business – Help Wanted!": A caricature of factory-owners after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, 1911](#/media/File:"Open_for_Business_–_Help_Wanted!"_cartoon_by_Leon_Israel,_1911.jpg)
![Lady Peace tries to pull the United States away from the saloon of the war god Mars, an allegory for the World War I, 1915](#/media/File:The_Big_Stick_newspaper_cartoon_by_Leon_Israel_"The_Bitter_Drop".jpg)
![A Jewish father mourns his sons after World War I, 1918.](#/media/File:"On_Decoration_Day"_cartoon_by_Leon_Israel,_1918.jpg)
![Illustration of the Jewish parable of "The Four Sons", 1920](#/media/File:Illustration_of_The_Four_Sons_by_Leon_"Lola"_Israel.jpg)