Jewish-American Artists and the Holocaust
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1997]
Format: Book
Description: xi, 138 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Jewish themes in American art were not very visible until the last two decades, although many famous twentieth-century artists and critics were and are Jewish. Few artists responded openly to the Holocaust until the 1960s, when it finally began to act as a galvanizing force, allowing Jewish-American artists to express their Jewish identity in their work. Baigell describes how artists initially deflected their responses by using abstract forms or by invoking biblical and traditional figures and then in more recent decades confronted directly Holocaust imagery and memory. He traces the development of artistic work from the late 1930s to the present in a moving study of a long overlooked topic in the history of American art.
Contents:
Before the war -- The war -- Postwar responses -- Tikkun olam -- On Biblical and mythological imagery -- Expressing the inexpressible.
Subjects:
Jewish artists -- United States.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Jewish artists -- United States.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art.
Art, American -- 20th century.
ISBN:
0813524040
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SSHC ARTISTS Bai | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Selden K. Smith Holocaust Collection | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-130) and index.