Fischke der Κrumme (Fishke the Lame)
| Author: | Rahel Szalit-Marcus (1888–1942) |
Rahel Szalit-Marcus (b. 1888 Telšiai – d. 1942 Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland) spent her childhood in Łódź. She went to Munich to study in 1910, and later continued her studies in Paris and London. In 1915 she married the actor Julius Szalit, who committed suicide in 1919. Rahel lived in Berlin between 1916 and 1933, where she befriended the Expressionists Ludwig Meidner and Jacob Steinhardt, and joined the Novembergruppe. In 1927 she became a member of the Association of Women Artists. When the Nazis came to power she was forced to flee to Paris, where she became involved in exhibitions organised by the École de Paris, and held her first solo exhibition at the Leopold Zborowski Gallery in 1935. She painted in watercolours and made her name as a graphic artist, illustrating books by Mendel Moicher Sforim, Sholom Aleichem, Heinrich Heine, and Martin Buber. In 1942, she was arrested by the Nazis, her studio in Paris was looted, and many of her works were destroyed.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
Rahel Szalit-Marcus (b. 1888 Telšiai – d. 1942 Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland) spent her childhood in Łódź. She went to Munich to study in 1910, and later continued her studies in Paris and London. In 1915 she married the actor Julius Szalit, who committed suicide in 1919. Rahel lived in Berlin between 1916 and 1933, where she befriended the Expressionists Ludwig Meidner and Jacob Steinhardt, and joined the Novembergruppe. In 1927 she became a member of the Association of Women Artists. When the Nazis came to power she was forced to flee to Paris, where she became involved in exhibitions organised by the École de Paris, and held her first solo exhibition at the Leopold Zborowski Gallery in 1935. She painted in watercolours and made her name as a graphic artist, illustrating books by Mendel Moicher Sforim, Sholom Aleichem, Heinrich Heine, and Martin Buber. In 1942, she was arrested by the Nazis, her studio in Paris was looted, and many of her works were destroyed.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
