Samuel Bak
Auteur de Painted in Words: A Memoir
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Samuel Bak
Le jeu d'échecs comme métaphore dans l'art de Samuel Bak = Chess as metaphor in the art of… (1991) 6 exemplaires
Samuel Bak: The Landscape of Jewish Experience 2 exemplaires
Icon of loss : recent paintings by Samuel Bak 1 exemplaire
In Worte gemalt: Bildnis einer verlorenen Zeit. Mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen (2007) 1 exemplaire
Chess as metaphor in the art of Samuel Bak: Exhibition, September 15-October 15, Soufer Gallery (1992) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1933-08-12
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Lithuania
USA - Lieu de naissance
- Vilnius, Lithuania
- Lieux de résidence
- Lithuania
Germany
Israel
USA - Études
- Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
- Professions
- painter
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 22
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 69
- Popularité
- #250,752
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 12
- Langues
- 3
Bak's book instead is a labor of love for his family, for his ancestors and for a way of life the war destroyed forever. I was mesmerized by his tales about his great-grandfather that bore (approximately) twenty-five children starting when he was thirteen. About his grandmother who disagreed with his mother about how long Bak's shorts could be and kept sewing on fabric extensions to the legs which his mother ripped off. About his family's housekeeper and her tantrums and prejudices. This is a true painting in words, and it's painted with love and longing, without the bitterness and hate you might expect from someone who lost so much. Highly recommended.… (plus d'informations)