History Bites | "Arthur Szyk: From Yiddishkeit Illuminator to Yankee Satirist"

How did a newly landed Polish Jewish artist transform his brush and ink pen into powerful anti-Nazi propaganda weapons in the months before Pearl Harbor? Through scathing editorial cartoons and anti-fascist satires, Szyk came to be recognized by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt as a true “soldier in art.” Philip I. Eliasoph, PhD, Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, offers an overview of In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Artist and Soldier for Human Rights, the acclaimed exhibition traveling on loan from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & Life at the University of California at Berkeley.

Please note: This event is an off-campus, in-person only event and will take place in the Fairfield Museum and History Center (370 Beach Road, Fairfield, CT 06824).

This event is in conjunction with the exhibition In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Artist and Soldier for Human Rights, on view in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries from September 29-December 16, 2023. Don’t miss Szyk: The Interactive Experience in the Walsh Gallery in the Quick Center for the Arts.