Artists Illustrating Boys' Fashions: Eugeniusz Aleksandrowski (Poland, 19??-99)


Figure 1.--This haunting image depicts the experenience of a Jewish boy during the Holocaust hiding from the NAZIs. Very young children losing their parents were forced to fend for themselves for years in NAZI-occupied Poland. The painting here is Unsigned but was painted by Eugeniusz Aleksandrowski (19??-1999). He was a Jewish-Polish painter who graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Surviving the Holocaust as a boy, he emigrated to Denmark in 1971. He had a few sporadic exhibitions. However, by his own choice, he remained quite anonumous until his death. Most of his work is dominated by his traumatic experiences during the Holocoust.

The only artist we know by name at this time is Eugeniusz Aleksandrowski (19??-1999). He was Jewish and his paintings are dominated by his ecperiences during the Holocaust in NAZI-occupied Poland. Aleksandrowski was a Jewish-Polish painter who graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Surviving the Holocaust as a boy, he emigrated to Denmark in 1971. He had a few sporadic exhibitions. However, by his own choice, he remained quite anonumous until his death. Most of his work is dominated by his traumatic experiences during the Holocaust. The NAZIs in the Holocaust devestated the Jewish population of Poland.






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