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Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter
If you weren’t able to make it over to the 92nd Street Y on Monday night for the tribute to Bruno Schulz, or even if you were, you can learn more about Schulz and his art from The New York Times. The Times published the article “Behind Fairy Tale Drawings, Walls Talk of Unspeakable Cruelty” back in February, which discusses the fascination behind this artist and writer, whose life was tragically cut short by the Nazis. Before Schulz’s untimely death, he was forced to illustrate a children’s playroom in a Nazi officer’s home and the article includes a slideshow of these wall drawings, currently on display at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. To read the article, and view the slideshow, please visit here.
And, for more information about Bruno Schulz, please visit:
The Art of Bruno Schulz
Bruno Schulz on Wikipedia
Above photo credit: Bruno Schulz (1892−1942) Self-Portrait, Meczenstwo Walka, Zaglada Zydów Polsce 1939 – 1945. Poland. No. 175
Originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Naomi Firestone-Teeter is the CEO of the Jewish Book Council. Prior to becoming executive director and then CEO, she served as founding editor of the JBC website and managing editor of Jewish Book World. Naomi sits on the board of Jewish Creativity International.Naomi was named to the New York Jewish Week’s 2019 “36 Under 36” and Algemeiner’s 2018 list of the 100 people positively influencing Jewish life and was included on the Global Jewish 100 list by Izzy in 2020. She graduated from Emory University with degrees in English and Art History and, in addition, studied at University College London. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.
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