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1894 Lodz, Poland - 1951. Known for: Illustrator-illuminator, cartoonist.
Arthur Szyk (b. 1894 / d. 1951). Arthur Szyk was born in Lódz, Poland to a Jewish family on June 16, 1894. During this time Lodz was under Russian rule. Sent to Paris, France in 1909, by his father,... Read full biography
Arthur Szyk (b. 1894 / d. 1951). Arthur Szyk was born in Lódz, Poland to a Jewish family on June 16, 1894. During this time Lodz was under Russian rule. Sent to Paris, France in 1909, by his father, Szyk studied at Académie Julian. Despite being exposed to modern art/artist, Szyk kept his works in... Read full biography
Arthur Szyk (b. 1894 / d. 1951). Arthur Szyk was born in Lódz, Poland to a Jewish family on June 16, 1894. During this time Lodz was under Russian rule. Sent to Paris, France in 1909, by his father, Szyk studied at Académie Julian. Despite being exposed to modern art/artist, Szyk kept his works in traditional ways. During 1912 and 1914 the teenage artist produced numerous political themed drawings and caricatures that were published in the Lódz satirical magazine Smiech. Returning back to... Read full biography
Arthur Szyk (b. 1894 / d. 1951). Arthur Szyk was born in Lódz, Poland to a Jewish family on June 16, 1894. During this time Lodz was under Russian rule. Sent to Paris, France in 1909, by his father, Szyk studied at Académie Julian. Despite being exposed to modern art/artist, Szyk kept his works in traditional ways. During 1912 and 1914 the teenage artist produced numerous political themed drawings and caricatures that were published in the Lódz satirical magazine Smiech. Returning back to Poland in 1913, Szyk continued his studies at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (under Austrian rule at that time). At the beginning of 1914, Szyk and a group and other Polish-Jewish artists and writers organized by the Jewish Cultural Society... Read full biography
Arthur Szyk (b. 1894 / d. 1951). Arthur Szyk was born in Lódz, Poland to a Jewish family on June 16, 1894. During this time Lodz was under Russian rule. Sent to Paris, France in 1909, by his father, Szyk studied at Académie Julian. Despite being exposed to modern art/artist, Szyk kept his works in traditional ways. During 1912 and 1914 the teenage artist produced numerous political themed drawings and caricatures that were published in the Lódz satirical magazine Smiech. Returning back to Poland in 1913, Szyk continued his studies at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (under Austrian rule at that time). At the beginning of 1914, Szyk and a group and other Polish-Jewish artists and writers organized by the Jewish Cultural Society Hazamir set off on a journey to Palestine. Unfortunately, the journey was cut short that same year by the out... Read full biography
