Bibliograph

Chasing portraits, a great-granddaughter's quest for her lost art legacy, Elizabeth Rynecki

Type

Label

Chasing portraits, a great-granddaughter's quest for her lost art legacy, Elizabeth Rynecki

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-385)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chasing portraits

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

933271541

Responsibility statement

Elizabeth Rynecki

Sub title

a great-granddaughter's quest for her lost art legacy

Summary

"The memoir of one woman's emotional quest to find the art of her Polish-Jewish great-grandfather, lost during World War II. Moshe Rynecki's body of work reached close to eight hundred paintings and sculptures before his life came to a tragic end. It was his great-granddaughter Elizabeth who sought to rediscover his legacy, setting upon a journey to seek out what had been lost but never forgotten"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

A Jewish girl should know -- The trouble with Moshe -- Paintings -- Defying Hitler -- Displaced -- Italy -- Legacy -- Cultural assets--lost art -- A loan request -- Gifting Moshe's paintings -- Serendipity -- Toronto, Canada -- University of Toronto -- Schneid Archive -- Poland -- The Jewish Historical Institute -- A tour of POLIN -- Majdanek -- Kazimierz Dolny -- Playing ball -- Roadblocks -- A shared heritage -- Looking forward

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