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Watercolours
Lidia Ostalowska
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Description for Watercolours
Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 1KBB; 3JJ; ACX; AFCC; BGH; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
A Czechoslovakian Jew who was imprisoned at Auschwitz, Dina Gottliebova-Babbitt (1923 2009) was saved by her artistic abilities. Gottliebova painted the walls of the children's barracks with images of the Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. When Josef Mengele discovered her talent, he commissioned her to paint watercolor portraits of Roma prisoners. After the war, Gottliebova worked as an animator for Warner Brothers for many years, eventually marrying Walt Disney animator Art Babbitt. Many years later, Gottliebova's Auschwitz paintings were recovered and displayed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. When the artist requested that her paintings be returned, her ... Read more
A Czechoslovakian Jew who was imprisoned at Auschwitz, Dina Gottliebova-Babbitt (1923 2009) was saved by her artistic abilities. Gottliebova painted the walls of the children's barracks with images of the Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. When Josef Mengele discovered her talent, he commissioned her to paint watercolor portraits of Roma prisoners. After the war, Gottliebova worked as an animator for Warner Brothers for many years, eventually marrying Walt Disney animator Art Babbitt. Many years later, Gottliebova's Auschwitz paintings were recovered and displayed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. When the artist requested that her paintings be returned, her ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zubaan Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9789385932038
SKU
V9789385932038
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About Lidia Ostalowska
Lidia Ostalowska is a journalist for Gazeta Wyborcza. Sean Bye is a literary translator, actor, and theater director.
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