Rudi Lesser: The Forgotten and Rediscovered Artist

by ellen | Jan 10, 2022 | essays

Ori Z. Soltes

American Immigration Policies from World War I through World War II

by ellen | Jan 6, 2022 | essay-general

Rebecca Erbelding

The Cartoon Crusader Comes to America: Arthur Szyk’s Battle against the Nazis in the New World

by ellen | Jan 6, 2022 | essays

Steven Luckert

Rudi Lesser

by ellen | Dec 10, 2021 | artist-timeline

1902-1988 “He was a real human being (a Mensch)” who “stands uniquely apart—a loner—yet extremely sociable.” -Klaus Märtens, Rudi Lesser 1902–1988. Graphik aus sieben Jahrzehnten (Exhibition catalogue). Berlin: Galerie Taube, 2012 German Jewish refugee Rudi Lesser was...

Arthur Szyk

by ellen | Dec 10, 2021 | artist-timeline

1894-1951 “The origin of all art is what we call propaganda. … I do not say that art is my aim; art is my means.” -Arthur Szyk, cited in Mary Bragiotti, “Szyk Makes the Axis Writhe,” New York Post Weekly Picture Magazine, June 3, 1944 Prior to World War II,...