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    Artist

  • Busyn, Max, 1899-1976, artist

    • Title

  • Wanderers

  • Physical Description

    1 drawing : india ink, inkwash, and pencil on paper ; 7.0" x 10.0", 18 x 25 cm., top edge irregular

  • Date

    1939

  • Notes

    Signed and dated upper right. The man on a crutch is the subject of the art work under call number 80.206, but pose and expression are slightly altered.

  • Summary

    A small band of refugees carry their meager belongings across a desolate landscape. One man walks with a crutch, a woman holds a baby on horseback, and a woman leads a child by the hand. The refugees move with slumping postures and mournful facial expressions.

  • Subject

    World War, 1939-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

  • Medium

    Drawings

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Biographical/Historical Information

Max Busyn was a Polish-Israeli painter and graphic artist. Born 1899 in Lodz, he studied from the years 1922-1923 at Art Academy of Dresden. He then lived in Berlin 1929-1933, where he created murals for the Jewish seniors' home. Busyn eventually emigrated to Palestine. Busyn's works in the collection of the Jewish Museum in Berlin have been lost since World War II. Busyn's art is influenced by Otto Dix.

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Citation

Busyn, Max: Wanderers, Leo Baeck Institute, 80.217.