In 1944 The German-Jewish graphic artist Lea Grundig (1906-1977) wrote while in exile in Palestine: "An artwork that no one has seen is like a dead object." In Nazi Germany, she had never had the chance to show even a single piece of work in public. The expressive series of etchings that capture her experience of the fascist reality are factually created in illegality. After multiple arrests, she finally manages to save herself by fleeing the country. In 1940 she survived the sinking of the "Patria" in the port of Haifa. Once in the country, she created many drawings on the fate of the Jewish...
In 1944 The German-Jewish graphic artist Lea Grundig (1906-1977) wrote while in exile in Palestine: "An artwork that no one has seen is like a dead ob...