Posts Tagged: Arthur Szyk
New Art Exhibit in NYC Examines Jewish Polish Artist Arthur Szyk and His Fight Against Nazism
An exhibition that opened on Sunday in New York City spotlights the work of prolific Jewish Polish and anti-fascist artist Arthur Szyk, including scathing portrayals...
Museum of Jewish Heritage to Host Talk on Polish-Jewish Artist’s Masterwork Haggadah
The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City will host a special lecture on the Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk and his illustrated Haggadah, one...
‘He Has Something to Say to Us Today’: Museum of Jewish History Set to Honor Legacy of ‘The Great Artist’ Arthur Szyk
The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City is celebrating the 130th birthday of the Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk with a special lecture series...
Arthur Szyk and The Modern Maccabees
On this Hanukkah, entering week 10 in the war with Hamas, can we not call the men and women of Israel—who fight for the right...
Arthur Szyk in Connecticut: A New Look at a 20th Century Master
The work of Polish-Jewish painter Arthur Szyk, a miniaturist who savaged Nazis and championed values of human dignity through his lavishly detailed works, is having...
Tears of Rage
Both the soldier and the Jewish artist who created him died more than 70 years ago, yet they still have the visual power to call...
If I Forget You, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither
Arthur Szyk begins his illustrated Haggadah by inscribing on its decorative frontispiece “If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither.” The ancient...
Celebrating the Bond Between Israel and Liberia
Earlier this month, Liberia was one of only five countries in the United Nations to support Israel’s right to bear nuclear weapons as a deterrent...
Arthur Szyk: An Illustrator of Moral Clarity and An Artist for Our Time
As the United States celebrates Juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, there is no better occasion to consider the life and work of...
Arthur Szyk’s Haggadah and the Jews of Lviv
This Passover, we are sickened by the degradation, oppression, and murder of Ukrainian civilians at the hand of a hardened, modern pharaoh, as we witness...
‘A Jewish Artist Cannot Be Neutral in These Times’: Lessons From Arthur Szyk, Whose Brush Was a Sword
Irvin Ungar, a former pulpit rabbi and antiquarian bookseller who has devoted 25 years to scholarship on the Jewish artist Arthur Szyk, joined Algemeiner members...
Prominent Zionist Artist’s Remarkable Portrayal of an Arab Leader
On November 20, 1977, former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel. This historic occasion set in motion a series...
