Nahum Gutman and Reuven Rubin

<p>At the dawn of the 19th century waves of Jewish pioneers started arriving in Palestine. It was years before the Holocaust, but the drive to resurrect an independent Jewish state became stronger as the pogroms in Eastern Europe intensified the necessity for a safe haven. Upon arrival, the pioneers found a bare-land and a hard life, filled with natural obstacles, administrative and financial hurdles. Things got much harder in the 1920s, when the local Arab population became openly hostile and confrontational. Yet, those idealistic pioneers who were filled with values of Zionism and hard work persevered and succeeded. Their vision of an independent state became a reality. Two prominent painters of this early Israeli history were Nahum Gutman and Reuven Rubin.</p> <p><a href="https://david-gev.medium.com/nahum-gutman-and-reuven-rubin-533c1ae1be36"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>