Arthur Szyk : Artist, Jew, Pole.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (381 pages)
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series .
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Plate Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Plates -- Introduction -- Part I: The Growth of an Artist -- 1: The Early Years -- 2: From 'Byzantine' Miniatures to the Song of Songs -- 3: From La Tentation de Saint Antoine to the Statute of Kalisz -- 4: From George Washington to the League of Nations -- 5: An Ambassador for Co-operation -- 6: From The Haggadah to The Rubáiyát -- Part II: The War Years -- 7: From Miniature to Caricature -- 8: An Artist with a Message -- 9: A Public Service Artist -- 10: The Turn Towards Peace -- Part III: Late Career -- 11: Drawing Lessons -- 12: Illustrations for a Young Peace -- 13: Fighting for Israel -- 14: In a Changing America -- 15: Valediction -- Part IV: Who Was Arthur Szyk? -- 16: Creating Arthur Szyk -- 17: The Jewish Artist -- 18: The Political Artist -- Books with Illustrations by Szyk -- Exhibitions and Reviews of Szyk's Work -- Published Political Cartoons, 1939-1950 -- War Cartoons: Corporate Use -- Bibliography -- Index.
Best known among Jews for his illustrated Haggadah, Arthur Szyk was also a political artist whose work went beyond a narrow definition of the Jewish cause. In the early twentieth century he worked tirelessly to strengthen the Jews' position in Poland; later, in the United States, he put his art at the service of the war effort, and then on behalf of the Zionist cause. A singular contribution to the history of Polish-Jewish relations and of Jewish art.