Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

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Framed drawing of Anny Coury by artist Deborah Howard. Drawing is full color with red, orange, and yellow abackground. Anny Coury is looking towards the viewer.

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This folder contains one (1) article from the Citizen Times titled Opinion: A timely reminder of the best of who we are, what we might aspire to be. The article was authored by Margaret Whitt, former DU professor, and published July 3, 2022.

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Framed drawing of Ava Kadishson Schieber by artist Deborah Howard. Drawing is in full color and wears a green turtleneck shirt. Ava Kadishson Schieber is looking towards the viewer.

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Multi-piece artwork consisting of an encaustic painting on canvas, pair of shoes and wood shelf for shoes. Canvas has floral patterned wallpaper with large red flowers, covered with wax. Canvas is surrounded by ash wood frame. Wax makes surface 3-dimensional.

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Multi-piece artwork consisting of an encaustic painting on canvas, pair of shoes and wood shelf for shoes.

Canvas has black and white image of women sorting through a room strewn with papers; image is of Nuremberg files being organized. Next to the image are multiple lines of Hebrew script carved into the waxed surface. Canvas is surrounded by ash wood frame. Wax makes surface 3-dimensional.

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Encaustic painting on canvas in reds, oranges, golds, blues and purples surrounded by an ash wood frame. Canvas has image of Susan Bendor, image is a photocopy of Deborah Howard’s print, B398.01.00016. Wax makes surface 3-dimensional and has mold of a lightbulb that hangs over Susan. Designs behind wax surface look like wallpaper with a curtain across the top.

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Framed drawing of David Schichor by artist Deborah Howard. Drawing is in black and white, he wears a patterned collared shirt and glasses. David Schichor is looking towards the viewer.

Abstract Deborah Howard is an Associate Professor and Head of Painting Program at the University of Denver. After a discussion on racial stereotypes and aging in a Figure Painting course Howard was teaching, she began to develop her Portraits of Child Holocaust Survivors project and settled on drawing as the media for the project. Howard has drawn and painted twenty-five people who escaped, hid or survived concentration camps during the Jewish Holocaust of WWII. Four portraits from the project are...

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Framed drawing of Imre Frankovitz by artist Deborah Howard. Background colors of blue, green, orange and red; Imre wears a blue plaid shirt. Imre Frankovitz is looking towards the viewer.

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Framed drawing of Jack Adler by artist Deborah Howard. Drawing is full color with blue/green and orange/red background, Jack wears a light blue shirt. Jack Adler is looking towards the viewer.