Ebook: Chasing portraits: a great-granddaughter's quest for her lost art legacy
Author: Rynecki Elizabeth, Rynecki Moshe
- Tags: Art appreciation, Art Polish, Art Polish--20th century, Jewish artists, Jewish artists--Poland, Jews in art, Biographies, Biography, Rynecki Moshe -- 1881-1943, Rynecki Moshe -- 1881-1943 -- Appreciation, Jewish artists -- Poland -- Biography, Art Polish -- 20th century, Poland
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
- City: Poland
- Edition: First edition
- Language: English
- epub
"The memoir of one woman's emotional quest to find the art of her Polish-Jewish great-grandfather, lost during World War II. Moshe Rynecki's body of work reached close to eight hundred paintings and sculptures before his life came to a tragic end. It was his great-granddaughter Elizabeth who sought to rediscover his legacy, setting upon a journey to seek out what had been lost but never forgotten"--Provided by publisher.;A Jewish girl should know -- The trouble with Moshe -- Paintings -- Defying Hitler -- Displaced -- Italy -- Legacy -- Cultural assets -- lost art -- A loan request -- Gifting Moshe's paintings -- Serendipity -- Toronto, Canada -- University of Toronto -- Schneid Archive -- Poland -- The Jewish Historical Institute -- A tour of POLIN -- Majdanek -- Kazimierz Dolny -- Playing ball -- Roadblocks -- A shared heritage -- Looking forward.
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