This interactive slide presentation provides an overview of the works of
Jewish-American painters, sculptors, printmakers, and photographers as they
reacted to the events of World War II. This session highlights the works of
artists who were born in America, emigrated, or found refuge here. Whether
they worked in a documentary or a symbolic fashion, focused inward or raged
with fierce dissatisfaction, these artists were certainly not complacent
about the events of their day.
From "The Degenerate Art Show" of 1937 to contemporary times, artworks
included are by:
| Leonard Baskin | Jonathan Borofsky | Marc Chagall |
| Judy Chicago | Philip Evergood | Audrey Flack |
| Leon Golub | Jack Levine | Sol LeWitt |
| Jacques Lipchitz | Seymour Lipton | Barnett Newman |
| Abraham Rattner | Larry Rivers | Mark Rothko |
| George Segal | Ben Shahn | Art Spiegelman |
| Roman Vishniac | Max Weber | Jerome Witkin |
These artists synthesized events through their perspectives, revealing their
angst and their unique place in American life.
This program is especially
appropriate for audiences on the Day of Remembrance (Yom HaShoah).
