Enrico Glicenstein

Enrico Glicenstein (24 May 1870 – 30 December 1942) was a Polish-born sculptor who lived in Italy and the United States.

Life Glicenstein was born in Turek, Poland in 1870 and named Enoch Hendryk Glicenstein. His father was a teacher who also worked as a monumental mason. After studying in Munich at the Royal Bavarian Academy of Art he married Helena Hirszenberg in 1896. The couple lived in Rome where he adopted the name "Enrico". His son Emanuel was born in Rome, and Glicenstein became an Italian citizen. and lived in Safed in Israel. Statue of Jeremiah by Enrico Glicenstein on display in Special Collections at Cleveland Public Library.

Legacy The Glicenstein Museum was founded in Safed, Israel. It became the Israel Bible Museum in 1985, and many Glicenstein sculptures are still displayed there.

Glicenstein's works are found in a number of collections including the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Pompidou Centre, the Israel Museum, the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome, the national museums in Kraków and Warsaw, the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Portraits of Glicenstein and his daughter Beatrice were made by his son Emanuel Glicen Romano. (His son changed his name to avoid being accused of exploiting his father's fame).

In collaboration with Glicenstein's estate, the late curator and art historian Charlotte Snyder Sholod wrote a definitive book, Life & Work of Enrico Glicenstein. Published in 2014 by Hard Press Editions, and with two chapters and the epilogue written by Polish art historian Tamara Szytma following Sholod's death, the volume features a thorough biography and appraisal of Glicenstein's work and a comprehensive catalogue of his sculptures.