Art From Auschwitz

Today is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. One of the real of import functions of fine art is to tape of import life events in addition to events inwards history.

This post is virtually fine art produced past times Auschwitz survivors in addition to others who desire to tape this episode inwards footing history. We're all used to the term "history paintings". Below I'd similar to innovate yous to only about of the fine art which likewise survives. What follows is a mix of links to articles talking virtually fine art from Auschwitz in addition to artwork which is archived on the website of the Museum at Auschwitz.
To gas
Pencil, paper, 13,5 x 19,5 cm, KL Auschwitz 1942-44.
Collections of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Transport arriving at the unloading ramp
Pencil, crayons, paper, 13,5 x 19,5 cm, KL Auschwitz 1942-44
Collections of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Pencil, crayons, paper, 13,5 x 19,5 cm, KL Auschwitz 1942-44. Z
Collections of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Pushing chairs
Black watercolours, cardboard, thirteen x 20.8 cm, Paris 1945. 

Collections of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
  • The fine art of January Komski - a survivor of Auschwitz. He has produced drawings in addition to paintings afterwards his liberation of his memories of what it was like.
A portrait of Géza Schein
Pencil, paper, 14,5 x 10,5 cm, KL Jawischowitz 1944.
Collections of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Watercolours, cardboard, Indian ink, fifteen x 11,3 cm, KL Auschwitz 1944. 
Collections of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

in addition to finally.....

  • Young creative somebody in addition to illustrator Gideon Summerfield has been working on a novel projection of creating pencil portraits of Holocaust Survivors called The Legacy of Survival which he complted inwards fourth dimension for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps.
'THE LEGACY OF SURVIVAL' is a novel projection based on a gear upwards of portraits which characteristic Holocaust survivors amongst their children or grandchildren. For many years, a release of survivors did non verbalize to their families virtually their horrific experiences. The younger generation straight off know a smashing bargain virtually what happened but every bit the years become by, the survivors volition non live acquaint to part their stories in addition to it volition autumn to the adjacent generation in addition to their children to popular off along the retention alive.
COPYRIGHT: All images are from the Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau. Material belonging to the Museum may live used costless of accuse entirely for non-commercial in addition to strictly educational purposes, on the status that its beginning is indicated inwards the next form: “www.auschwitz.org”.
An additional status to which at that spot are absolutely no exceptions is that this cloth may live used only inwards undertakings in addition to projects that attain non impugn or violate the skilful refer of the victims of Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

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