Wikipedia's first sentence called it “german -born israeli painter and printmaker born in posen”. Today it says “german-born israeli painter and printmaker”.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-03.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2010 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2010
Isidor Ascheim (1891-1968) (variant names Isidor Aschheim , Izidor Aschheim ) was a German -born Israeli painter and printmaker born in Posen (Poznań), Prussia (present-day Poland ) in 1891. Ascheim was raised in an Orthodox family and served during World War I . He immigrated to Palestine in 1940 and settled in Jerusalem . During the years 1919-23, Ascheim studied under the German Expressionist Otto Mueller in Breslau and was influenced by Erich Heckel of the Die Brücke (The Bridge) group. In Israel, Ascheim became a teacher at the renowned Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem, and he was nominated its director for a number of years. Ascheim won the Dizengoff Prize in 1951, the Jerusalem Prize for Art in 1955, and participated in the 1956 Venice Biennale . He was married to the Israeli painter Margot Lange-Ascheim . Ascheim "belongs to a generation of artists whose whole repertoire is based on a direct impression of nature, life and the human form. His oeuvre represents a continuous connection with nature and the human figure, usually executed with a dark palette, the legacy of his German Expressionist roots."1
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 351020119.
The opening as it stood in 2015 9 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Isidor Ascheim Isidor Ascheim ( ; 1891-1968) was a German -born Israeli painter and printmaker.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 660055811.
The opening as it stood in 2020
Isidor Ascheim Isidor Ascheim ( ; 1891-1968) was a German-born Israeli painter and printmaker.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 955343737.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
German painter Isidor Ascheim Isidor Ascheim ( ; 1891–1968) was a German-born Israeli painter and printmaker.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1158506954.
The opening as it stood in 2025
German painter (1891–1958) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Isidor Ascheim Isidor Ascheim ( Hebrew : איזידור אשהיים ; 1891–1968) was a German-born Israeli painter and printmaker.He is known for his work within the German Expressionist movement and his later contributions to Israeli art.Born in Margonin (present-day Poland), he studied in Breslau and was influenced by artists of the Die Brücke group.In 1940, he immigrated to Mandate Palestine, where he became an important figure in the Jerusalem art scene, notably teaching and later directing the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts.His artistic output reflects a connection to nature and the human form, often executed with a dark palette characteristic of his German Expressionist roots
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1279187725. This is our newest snapshot; the live article may have moved again since.
Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “german -born israeli painter and printmaker born in posen”. Today it says “german-born israeli painter and printmaker”. Read the current article and compare.
2010
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2010, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
german -born israeli painter and printmaker born in posen
Now
german-born israeli painter and printmaker
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.
