To Paint Her Life

by Mary Lowenthal Felstiner

Overview

A remarkable biography of a Jewish artist whose vivid autobiographical portraits provide a stunning look at her life as a woman, an artist, and a Jew during the Holocaust.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060926281
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	05/28/1995
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.03(w) x 9.08(h) x 0.87(d)

Editorial Reviews

A biography of Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon, who was born in Germany in 1917, and exiled to France in 1939 where she spent the next two years creating a lifetime's work--765 watercolors overlaid by written texts and tunes that captured the dramatic events of her life--finally to be transported to Auschwitz where she was a victim of the genocide in 1943. Includes 64 b&w photographs throughout and an 8-page color insert. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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