us-005578-irn520028-irn520853
physical characteristics and technical requirements: This drawing shows Pierre Laval pushing General Pétain in a baby carriage followed by collaborators from different European countries turned into refugees by the advancing Allied Forces after D-Day. Signed,"Arthur Szyk, N.Y. 44" The caption reads,"Refugees, 1944..(More To Come..."
record resource extent: overall: Height: 8.120 inches (20.625 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
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title: Arthur Szyk drawing
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has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1944-12-31
conditions of use: Restrictions on use. Copyright retained by the estate of Arthur Szyk.
identifier: irn520853
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biographical history: Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) was born to Jewish parents, Solomon and Eugenia Szyk in Łódź, Poland, which at the time was part of the Russian Empire. He had his first public art exhibition at age 15, and then went to Paris, France, for formal art training at the Academie Julian. He visited Palestine in 1914 with a group of Polish-Jewish artists and studied Muslim art. Upon his return, he was conscripted into the Russian Army and served in World War I. He married Julia Liekerman in 1916, and they had a son, George, in 1917. In 1918, Poland regained independence, but continued to fight a series of regional wars to secure its boundaries. Between 1919 and 1920, during Poland's war against the Soviet Bolsheviks, Syzk served as a cavalry officer and artistic director of the Department of Propaganda for the Polish Army in Łódź. In 1921, he and his family moved to Paris where his daughter, Alexandra was born the following year. Szyk was well known for his illuminations and book illustrations, in a style reminiscent of Persian miniatures. He worked on several significant projects in France, including illustrating the Statute of Kalisz, the Haggadah, and a series of watercolors on the American Revolutionary War. The themes of his most admired works, democracy and Judaism, were already well established, earning him both fame and significant commissions. In 1934, Szyk traveled to the United States for exhibitions of his work and to receive the George Washington Bicentennial Medal, awarded by the US Congress. He resided in England from 1937-1940 to supervise the publication of the Haggadah. In 1939, following Germany's invasion of Poland, he focused on producing anti-Nazi editorial cartoons published in many Western newspapers and magazines. During the German occupation of Poland, his 70 year old mother, Eugenia, and her Polish companion were forced to live in the Łódź ghetto. In 1943, they were transported to Majdanek concentration camp and killed. In late 1940, Szyk immigrated to th…
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1944-01-01
archival history: The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Stanley Becker.