12/16 | Birthday of Henekh Barciński
Today in Yiddishkayt… December 16 Birthday of Painter Henryk (Henekh) Barciński The Polish-Jewish painter, printmaker, and illustrator Henekh Barciński was born to a family of poor tailors on December 15, 1896 in Łódz. Along with a group of great Jewish poets, playwrights, and artists, he was a founding member of the Łódz-based avant-garde art group Yung Yidish. Influenced by the artists Oskar Kokochka and Marc Chagall, Barciński studied with the sculptor Henryk Glicenstein, a friend of Auguste Rodin. He received the first prize at the Red Cross Competition in Paris. Yung...
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