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Jewish Artists Since WWII

Jewish Artists Since WWII. A Varied Response to the World. WWII. World War II started in 1939 and ended in 1945. Germany was in a depression and the people were looking for a new leader. They found it in the inspiring lectures of Adolph Hitler, a failed artist but successful German general.

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Jewish Artists Since WWII

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  1. Jewish Artists Since WWII A Varied Response to the World

  2. WWII • World War II started in 1939 and ended in 1945. • Germany was in a depression and the people were looking for a new leader. • They found it in the inspiring lectures of Adolph Hitler, a failed artist but successful German general.

  3. WWII • Although a descendent of Jews, Adolph Hitler had a hatred for anyone he considered not “Aryan”. • Taking advantage of the peoples desperation, Hitler convinced many that the reason for their economic suffering stemmed from the upper class Jews and other non-Aryans.

  4. Auschwitz • The concentration camps were originally stated to be refugee stations called ghettos. • The Jewish population were lead to believe that they would have self government. • This was a lie meant to aid in the break down of the Jewish peoples resolve.

  5. Jewish Art • Many of the Jewish have taken drastic measures to ensure that something like the Holocaust will not happen again. • Israel was a gift of land given to the Jewish refugees by Britain, after WWII. • Jewish artists since have very often turned to social and political issues in their work.

  6. A Brief List of Jewish Artists since WWII • Sol Le Witt Minimalists • Jack Levine Social Realist • Larry Rivers Pop Art • Jonathan Borofsky Contemporary Expressonist • Marc Chagall Surrealist • Max Beckmann German Expressionist • Barnett Newman Minimalist • George Segal Pop Sculptor • Judy Chicago Feminist Sculptor • Mark Rothko Abstract Expressionist

  7. Sol Le Witt: Minimalist

  8. Sol Le Witt: Minimalist

  9. Jack Levine: Social Realist

  10. Jack Levine: Social Realist

  11. Jack Levine: Social Realist

  12. Jack Levine: Social Realist

  13. Jack Levine: Social Realist

  14. Larry Rivers: Pop Art

  15. Larry Rivers: Pop Art

  16. Larry Rivers: Pop Art

  17. Jonathan Borofsky: Contemporary Expressionist

  18. Jonathan Borofsky: Contemporary Expressionist

  19. Jonathan Borofsky: Contemporary Expressionist

  20. Jonathan Borofsky: Contemporary Expressionist

  21. Marc Chagall

  22. Marc Chagall

  23. Max Beckman

  24. Max Beckman

  25. Max Beckman

  26. Max Beckman

  27. Barnett Newman

  28. Barnett Newman

  29. Barnett Newman

  30. George Segal

  31. George Segal

  32. Judy Chicago

  33. Mark Rothko

  34. Mark Rothko

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