- Summary
- Ominous threats filled the years around World War II - Nazism, the escalating plight of European Jews, Fascism, Japanese militarism, and racism. Arthur Szyk (1894-1951), the great 20th-century 'activist in art, ' confronted the turbulent, hate-filled period with forceful artistic depictions caricaturing Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito as the evil architects of their regimes' destructive and inhumane policies. 'Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art' explores the activism of the Polish-born artist through 38 politically incisive works that underscore Szyk's role as a kind of 'one man army' fighting odious policies and protagonists and advocating civil and human rights. Exhibition: New York Historical Society, New York City, USA (15.09.2017-21.01.2018).
- Other Title
- Works. Selections.
- Variant Title
- Soldier in art
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Burlingame, California : Historicana and the Arthur Szyk Society ; London, England : in association with D Giles Limited, 2017
©2017
- Locale
- United States
- Contents
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Foreword / Louise Mirrer
Preface / Steven Heller
Behind the great art and the great messages stands Arthur Szyk, the great man / Irvin Ungar
The timeless aesthetics of Arthur Szyk / James kettlewell
Arthur Szyk: the artist as soldier, the artist as messenger / Michael Berenbaum
Arthur Szyk: immigrant as quintessential American patriot / Tom L. Freudenheim
Plates
Authors
Timeline of Arthur Szyk's life
Selected solo exhibition history
Bibliography and resources
New-York Historical Society exhibition checklist
Acknowledgments
Index.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Ungar, Irvin, author, editor.
Berenbaum, Michael, 1945- author.
Freudenheim, Tom L., author.
Kettlewell, James K., author.
Mirrer, Louise, writer of foreword.
Heller, Steven, writer of preface.
Szyk, Arthur, 1894-1951, artist.
Historicana (Firm), publisher.
New-York Historical Society, host institution.
- Notes
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Catalog of an exhibition at the New York Historical Society, New York City, 15 September 2017 through 21 January 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Louise Mirrer -- Preface / Steven Heller -- Behind the great art and the great messages stands Arthur Szyk, the great man / Irvin Ungar -- The timeless aesthetics of Arthur Szyk / James kettlewell -- Arthur Szyk: the artist as soldier, the artist as messenger / Michael Berenbaum -- Arthur Szyk: immigrant as quintessential American patriot / Tom L. Freudenheim -- Plates -- Authors -- Timeline of Arthur Szyk's life -- Selected solo exhibition history -- Bibliography and resources -- New-York Historical Society exhibition checklist -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
"Arthur Szyk : Soldier in Art" : September 15, 2017-January 21, 2018, New York Historical Society, New York, New York, United States.
Text in English.
