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    Artist

  • Busyn, Max, 1899-1976

    • Title

  • [Bombings, 1939] : [Victims and Death] and [Family in a shelter]

  • Physical Description

    Drawing : pen and ink ; 6.8 in. x 9.8 in. ; 17.5 x 26 cm

  • Date

    1939

  • Notes

    [Victims and Death] is similar to the [Bombing Scene] in accession number 80.208.

  • Summary

    Recto: People are running into the street to avoid destruction, where more figures have fallen or are falling. They are dominated by the symbol of Death.

    Verso: Family in a shelter holding gas masks: crossed out scene (unfinished or scrapped).

  • Subject

    War; World War, 1939-1945, Germany; Death

  • Medium

    Ink drawings; Drawings

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Born in Łodz in 1899, Max Busyn was a painter and graphic artist who studied at the Art Academy of Dresden from 1922-1923. He lived in Berlin from 1929-1933 then emigrated to Palestine. Busyn created murals for the Jewish seniors' home in Berlin. Busyn's works, originally part of the collection in the Jewish Museum in Berlin, have been lost since World War II. Busyn was briefly influenced by Otto Dix.

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Citation

Busyn, Max: [Bombings, 1939] : [Victims and Death] and [Family in a shelter], Leo Baeck Institute, 80.218.