Education
He was educated at the City of London School.
He was educated at the City of London School.
In 1890 he entered the Royal Academy School, where he gained a free medal, and afterward a scholarship in the Institution of British Artists. He showed his interest in Jewish matters by his drawings A Difficult Passage in the Talmud and The Blessing of Sabbath Lights, as well as by his Early Morning Prayer in the Synagogue. In that year, 1897, he formed a group of English Jews known as the Maccabaeans, including Israel Zangwill and Herbert Bentwich, which undertook a pilgrimage to Palestine in the same year.
Of his paintings, which were devoted mainly to portraits and domestic views, Children"s Voices (1901) attracted a great deal of attention, and The Bride (1904) was very popular at the time.
He also exhibited a study of Sardanapalus, as well as The Wailing-Place at Jerusalem and The Proclamation of Joseph as Ruler of Egypt. The outbreak of the Second World War found Snowman on a visit to England and his failing health prevented him from returning to his home in Jerusalem.
Isaac Snowman died peacefully on 11 February 1947, and his funeral was held the following day at Willesden Cemetery.