Creator Bio
Arthur Szyk
1894–1951
Arthur Szyk was born in Łódź and studied art in Paris and Kraków. He worked primarily as an illustrator, illuminator, and caricaturist. In the interwar period, he divided his time between Poland and Western Europe, and from 1940 on, he lived in the United States. His style was influenced by medieval illuminated manuscripts and Persian miniatures. Much of his work addressed the themes of antisemitism and Jewish resistance. During World War II, he produced a series of powerful anti-Axis caricatures, portraying the Germans and their allies grotesquely.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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The Four Sons
This 1934 illustration of the Passover story of the four sons features a caricature of the “wicked” son dressed as Hitler.
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We Will Never Die! Constitution Hall, Washington D.C., poster
In 1942, Arthur Szyk produced this poster, called Tears of Rage, for a series of pageants mounted by Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht and militant Zionist leader Peter Bergson to protest inaction…