Early Life and Journey
Born in Vilnius, Lithuania, on August 12, 1933, Samuel Bak was recognized from an early age as having artistic talent. During World War II, his family was forced to move into the Vilnius ghetto. At the age of nine, he held his first exhibition inside the ghetto. Following the war, he and his mother traveled through central Poland and the American-occupied zone of Germany, where he lived in displaced persons camps. He spent much of this period at the Landsberg am Lech DP camp in Germany, where he painted a self-portrait and the work A Mother and Son in 1947.
In 1948, Bak immigrated to Israel. He studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and later studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After various periods living in Rome, Paris, Switzerland, and Israel, he and his wife Josee moved to Boston in 1993, where he became a U.S. citizen.
Artistic Practice and Themes
Bak's work incorporates elements of surrealism, analytical cubism, and pop art, often utilizing quotations from the old masters. His paintings frequently employ allegory and metaphor, using substitution to convey meaning; for example, he uses toys to represent murdered children or books to represent people. His pieces often incorporate aspects of Jewish culture and the Holocaust, such as in his works Shema Yisrael, Alone, and Ghetto.
His thematic explorations include:
In his 2011 series featuring Adam and Eve, Bak depicts the first couple as lone survivors of a biblical narrative. His work continues to address the artistic expression of his memories of the Holocaust.
Vraag en antwoord
Waar zijn de kunstwerken van Samuel Bak gegroepeerd op kleurpalet te vinden?
Op de Op kleurpalet-pagina worden de kunstwerken van Samuel Bak gegroepeerd op basis van hun kleurenpalet.
Welke stemmingen drukken de kunstwerken van Samuel Bak uit?
Op de Sfeercollectie van Samuel Bak zijn de kunstwerken van de kunstenaar gerangschikt op stemming.
Kan ik een virtueel museum bezoeken met de werken van Samuel Bak?
De 3D-galerie van Samuel Bak is een pagina waarop de kunstwerken van de kunstenaar worden gepresenteerd in een virtuele driedimensionale galerie.
Is er een tijdlijn van de werken van Samuel Bak?
De Chronologie kunstwerken pagina van de kunstenaar presenteert de werken van Samuel Bak, chronologisch geordend per jaar.
