Reference
Catalog at a glance.
A canonical reference for Sale 001: gallery details, the two paintings on offer, biographical notes on the artists, and frequently asked questions. Provenance, literature, and exhibition history for each lot are available upon written request.
Gallery
Lots
P-107
Klagemauer Der Juden
Klagemauer Der Juden by Friedrich Perlberg (1848–1921) is an oil on canvas, 31 × 45 inches, painted between 1890 and 1895. The work depicts the Wailing Wall — the Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem — and is held in the Jacob Shochat Art Collection under inventory number P-107.
P-292
Wailing Wall
Wailing Wall by Viktor Shvaiko (born 1965) is an original oil on canvas, 20 × 16 inches, painted in 2017 and signed by the artist within the image. The work depicts the Western Wall in Jerusalem and is held in the Jacob Shochat Art Collection under inventory number P-292.
Artists
Friedrich Perlberg
Friedrich Perlberg was born in Nuremberg in 1848 and trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he later worked as an illustrator and painter. He travelled repeatedly to the eastern Mediterranean during the 1890s, producing watercolours and oils of Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, the Sinai Peninsula, and Egypt that were exhibited and reproduced widely in German and Austrian publications of the period. His work belongs to the late nineteenth-century Orientalist tradition that combined documentary precision with an atmospheric, often devotional sensitivity to sacred sites. Perlberg died in Munich in 1921.
Viktor Shvaiko
Viktor Shvaiko was born in 1965 in the Russian Far East and trained in the academic realist tradition. He is best known for densely textured oil paintings of European subjects — Venetian canals, Parisian streets, Tuscan terraces, and sacred landmarks — characterised by warm light, layered impasto, and a romantic but precisely observed sense of place. His paintings have been published in widely distributed editions and held in private collections in North America, Europe, and Asia. Shvaiko continues to paint original oils, of which the present Wailing Wall is one example.
Frequently asked
- Who was Friedrich Perlberg?
- Friedrich Perlberg (1848–1921) was a German Orientalist painter, born in Nuremberg and trained at the Royal Academy in Munich. He travelled in the eastern Mediterranean during the 1890s and is known for paintings and watercolours of Jerusalem, the Sinai, and Egypt.
- Who is Viktor Shvaiko?
- Viktor Shvaiko, born in 1965, is a contemporary Russian realist painter. He is internationally known for academically trained oil paintings of European cityscapes and sacred sites, executed with layered impasto and warm light.
- What is the Wailing Wall?
- The Wailing Wall — also called the Western Wall, in Hebrew Ha-Kotel ha-Ma'aravi, in German Klagemauer — is the surviving western retaining wall of the Temple Mount platform in Jerusalem, built under Herod the Great in the late first century BCE. It is the principal site of Jewish prayer in the Old City.
- Are these paintings for sale?
- Both paintings are available for private acquisition. Pricing is provided on request. Inquiries are answered personally by the gallery.
- Where is Jacob Shochat Art Collection located?
- Jacob Shochat Art Collection is located at 10 Finn Ct, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430. Viewings are by appointment. The gallery can be reached by telephone at (267) 566-8855 or by email at jacob.shochat@yahoo.com.