April 25, – October 15, 2023
THERE IS STILL LIFE
The Painter Samuel Bak
An exhibition in the Study Area of the Jewish Museum Munich
Samuel Bak was born in Vilnius in 1933 and survived the Shoah by being smuggled out of the ghetto and repeatedly hidden by his parents. His mother finally fled with him via Łódź and Berlin to Landsberg in Bavaria. At the age of only twelve, he declared his profession as "painter - artist" when registering at the DP camp in Landsberg am Lech. In 1948 he managed the still illegal crossing to Israel.
The Jewish Museum Munich received one of his characteristic still lifes as a donation, which is the focus of a…
April 25, – October 15, 2023
THERE IS STILL LIFE
The Painter Samuel Bak
An exhibition in the Study Area of the Jewish Museum Munich
Samuel Bak was born in Vilnius in 1933 and survived the Shoah by being smuggled out of the ghetto and repeatedly hidden by his parents. His mother finally fled with him via Łódź and Berlin to Landsberg in Bavaria. At the age of only twelve, he declared his profession as "painter - artist" when registering at the DP camp in Landsberg am Lech. In 1948 he managed the still illegal crossing to Israel.
The Jewish Museum Munich received one of his characteristic still lifes as a donation, which is the focus of a presentation in the Study Area.
Duration of exhibition
April 25, – October 15, 2023
Where
Study Area
Curator
Angela Libal