Fritz Eichenberg was born in 1901 in Germany to a assimilated non-religious Jewish family. He studied art and became a wood engraver. He used his art to highlight moral and social convictions, including producing many anti-Hitler cartoons. When the Nazis came to power Eichenberg emigrated to the United States. The tragic death of his wife… Read more »
Category: Art Festival
PEDRO REYES
Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes received guns, rifles and pistols disabled by the Mexican army. He melted them down and forged them into mechanical musical instruments which can be played by computer. He also collected over 1,500 guns and forged them into 1,500 shovels used to plant trees around the world. Reyes said, “It’s basically the… Read more »
WWI: Underground Works of Art
Dr. Jeff Gusky’s discovery of carvings in the stone of underground bunkers where men lived for long periods of time during WWI are a poignant expression of the horrors, hopes, and humanity of the war.
Ernst Barlach
Ernst Barlach was a German artist and staunch pacifist during World War I. Barlach’s masterpiece Magdeburger Ehrenmal depicts the horrors of war.