Female nude
1919
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
Part of the collection: Marek Szwarc - Eugenia Markowa. Spaces of Community
Baptism was a deep, religious experience for Marek Szwarc. After he converted to Catholicism in 1920, together with his wife Gina, the Catholic faith became the main spiritual source of inspiration for the Jewish Christian artist (as he referred to himself). When, in 1917, he was working on Ukrzyżowanie [Crucifixion] (he published one of its versions on the pages of the Jung Idysz almanac no. 2–3, p. 10), the baptism was still a distant perspective. Ukrzyżowanie [Crucifixion] is one of Szwarc’s most interesting works from the period of his engagement with Yung Yidish. In the works of some of the fellow artists of the group (Icchak V. Brauner, Henryk Barczyński), Christian iconography was, on the one hand, used to point at the universal values; on the other (like in Szwarc’s case), it was routed in the spiritual pursuit.Akt kobiecy [Female Nude] reproduced on the pages of Jung Idysz (MPOLIN-M35), Ukrzyżowanie [Crucifixion], 1952 (MPOLIN-M33).RP
Other names
Crucifixion
Author / creator
Dimensions
cały obiekt: height: 39,1 cm, width: 27,8 cm
Object type
graphic
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Creation / finding place
Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
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Location / status
1919
Museum of the history of Polish Jews
1250 — 1325
National Museum in Szczecin
2008
National Museum in Szczecin
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