Identifer: CJF.2014.004.240

Medium
Wood;Paper;Inks;Textile;Steel

Topics
Miscellaneous Jewish Art; Important Jewish Artists Referenced in the Cincinnati Judaica Fund Collection; Establishment of the State of Israel

Collection
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) Hillel Collection

Description
Arthur Szyk (1894 - 1951) was a Polish-Jewish artist born in Lodz, and later became an American citizen. He primarily worked as a book illustrator and political artist throughout his career. He became a renowned artists as early as the interwar period; his worked exhibited and published around the world. He gained more popularity in the United States through his political caricatures in which he savaged the policies and personalities of the leaders of the Axis powers. After the war, he continued to devote himself to political issues such as the support of the creation of the State of Israel.