Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art

Arthur Szyk was the leading anti-Nazi artist in America during World War II, and a personal friend of Ze’ev Jabotinsky.
He often said "Art is not my aim, it is my means".
Yet, his contemporaries praised him as the greatest illuminator-artist since the 16th century.
He saw himself as a fighting artist, enlisting his pen and paintbrush as his weapons against hatred, racism, and oppression before, during, and after the war.
Szyk also created the important and widely circulated art for the rescue of European Jewry.
His Passover Haggadah has been acclaimed as “worthy of being considered as one of the most beautiful books ever produced by the hand of man.”

Irvin Ungar, author of the award-winning book Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art, will discuss the breadth and depth of the power, purpose, and persuasion of this extraordinary artist and man.

Tuesday| 31 January 2023 |  20:30