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