Indian Legends (series of 12 prints)
Description
- Creator
- Bayefsky, Aba
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Drawings
- Paintings
- Description
- Serigraph
- Notes
- Born in Toronto, Bayefsky studied at the Central Technical School from 1937 to 1942. In October, 1942 Bayefsky enlisted in the RCAF and was commissioned as an Official War Artist in 1944. During his time in Germany, Bayefsky multiple war torn cities, as well as the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, capturing the destruction and pain he witnessed in his paintings. Bayefsky created many of his works in watercolour and oils, often depicting life in markets, and portraits of friends. He also created several commissioned large scale murals. Bayefksy mounted over 42 exhibitions of his work, and many of his paintings can be found in both private and public collections around the world. In 1979 Bayefsky was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
- Inscriptions
- 22/50
- Date of Publication
- 1968
- Dimensions
-
Width: 40 cm
Height: 50 cm
- Personal Name(s)
- Bayefsky, Aba
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- McLaughlin Branch Auditorium Foyer
- Terms of Use
- please credit Oshawa Public Libraries, Local History Collection
- Contact
- Oshawa Public LibrariesEmail:nadams@oshawalibrary.on.ca
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