Jan Aron­son is the illus­tra­tor of the The Bronf­man Hag­gadah pub­lished by Riz­zoli. Born in New Orleans, New York-based artist Jan Aron­son has had more than sev­en­ty solo and group exhi­bi­tions. Her work is includ­ed in many muse­um, cor­po­rate, and pri­vate col­lec­tions, both nation­al­ly and internationally.

Aron­son received a MFA from Pratt Insti­tute in 1973 and began teach­ing soon after. For the past 23 years she has con­cen­trat­ed on her work in a stu­dio in Long Island City. She is known for her nature inspired work that has tak­en her to Sinai, the Indi­an Himalayas, Patag­o­nia, the Ama­zon, the Amer­i­can West, the beach­es of Anguil­la and the Inca Trail to Machu Pichu. She recent­ly wrote a lec­ture enti­tled The Con­tem­po­rary Por­trait and pre­sent­ed it in var­i­ous venues in the Unit­ed States.

Aronson’s work has been reviewed in numer­ous peri­od­i­cals and news­pa­pers since she began her exhi­bi­tion career in the mid-seventies.

A Depar­ture From the Tra­di­tion­al: The Bronf­man Haggadah

How I Became an Illustrator

Why I Put a Map in the Bronf­man Haggadah