Painting
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm)
pictorial area: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 12.125 inches (30.798 cm)
Creator(s)
- Ernst Israel (Artist)
Biographical History
Ernst Israel (1905-1987) was born in Cologne, Germany. After the Nazis took power in Germany, Ernst fled to Shanghai, one of his three sisters fled to Belgium, another to England, and the third was hidden. Ernst managed a wooden button factory called Holz Knöpfe Israel (HIK) in his home in Shanghai and employed eight Chinese people. He married Hildegard Cohn Ksinski in December 1943, and the couple immigrated to the United States with their two year old son Kay Frank aboard the SS Marine Swallow in 1948 and settled in Salt Lake City.
Archival History
The painting was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Susan Gerger Decker.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Gerger Decker
Scope and Content
Painting done by Ernst Israel, dated c. 1951, that depicts China where he was during the Holocaust,
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum does not own copyright to this material. No information about the copyright was included on the Deed of Gift.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Framed painting on board depicting a river scene with bridge and buildings.
Genre
- Object
- Art