Art and Life : The Story of Samuel Bak / Ute Ben Yosef.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben Yosef, Ute, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painters--Israel--Biography.

Painters.

Bak, Samuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (626 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Pucker Art Publications, [2023]

Summary:

"Art & Life: The Story of Samuel Bak traces the development of a child prodigy deeply shaped by the catastrophic events of the Shoah, from his early artistic influences to his years in the Vilna Ghetto and Landsberg DP Camp, his formal training in Israel and Paris, and his fruitful art career in Rome, New York, Switzerland, and Boston. Augmenting the rich existing literature on Bak, Art & Life explores-in thoughtful prose and through reproductions of both iconic and rarely seen work created between 1942 and 2022-how he navigated the prevailing art trends of the mid-twentieth century in search of his own pictorial language. It considers the personal, historical, and artistic currents that led Bak, now aged 90, to create an astonishing body of work that bears witness to cataclysmic events, embodies our common humanity of suffering and hope, and poses questions about the repair of the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Foreword

1. In The Beginning

Images

2. The Landsberg DP Camp

3. Israel 1948 to 1956

4. Paris 1956 to 1959

5. Rome and the Transition 1959 to 1966

6. Return to Israel 1966 to 1974

7. The Wandering Jew

8. A New Volume

9. The Message is Universal

Notes

Photos

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781879985476

1879985470