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Jewish artists

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Container 8: Mary Reed Library Drawing, 1948 June 3

 File — Drawer B187.03.0008: Series B187.03 [Barcode: U186023281170]
Identifier: B187.03.0008
Abstract

Pencil drawing on paper of the Mary Reed Library building of the University of Denver campus in 1948; mounted to mat board. The drawing is of the Southeast entrance to the building showing wooden revolving doors, two stories of elaborate Collegiate Gothic Architecture and a woman sitting reading a book by the entrance. The door is colored with brown pencil and the brick is red oil crayon or pencil. The white lines of the brick have been painted on.

Dates: 1948 June 3
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B187, Kagan Family Papers / Art

David Spivak, 1914-2007

 File
Identifier: B250.03.0005.0001
Abstract

Haim David Spivak (1893-1932) was the son of Dr. Charles D. Spivak, a founder of the JCRS. David Spivak was an artist who painted portraits and landscapes and was one of three co-founders of the Denver Artists Guild. The file contains information on Haim David Spivak, copies of a bookplate he designed for his father, a catalog of his paintings (1914-1932), and correspondence, aboutf his "Ten Commandments" painting.

Dates: 1914-2007
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B250, Spivak Family Papers and Art / Art / Box 5

Fred Veston Paintings

 Collection
Identifier: B362
Abstract Fred Veston (1899-1980) was born in Kraków, Austria-Hungary (now Poland) and survived the Holocaust by fleeing east, until reaching Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine). Seeing it was no better than Kraków. He then made his way to south western Poland and the Tatra Mountains, where Polish partisan groups continued to fight the German forces. He remained in the mountains until the end of the war in 1945. Overall 72 of Fred’s close and extended family were killed in the Holocaust. Fred married...
Dates: c. 1955-1980
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Fred Veston Paintings

Incidents of Travel and Adventures in the Far West, 1857

 Item
Identifier: B388.01.0001.00001
Abstract

Memoir by Solomon Nunez Carvalho about his five-month journey on an expedition west over the Rocky Mountains with Colonel John C. Fremont.

Dates: Publication: 1857
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B388, Incidents of Travel and Adventures in the Far West by Carvalho / Memoir / Box 1

Incidents of Travel and Adventures in the Far West by Carvalho

 Collection
Identifier: B388
Abstract

Memoir by Solomon Nunez Carvalho about his five-month journey on an expedition west over the Rocky Mountains with Colonel John C. Fremont.

Dates: Publication: 1857
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Incidents of Travel and Adventures in the Far West by Carvalho

Isaac Solomon Synagogue Cards, 2001-2007

 File
Identifier: B250.03.0005.0003
Abstract

Painting by Dan Spivak, grandson of Dr. Spivak, used on invitations and note cards of the JCRS Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation.

Dates: 2001-2007
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B250, Spivak Family Papers and Art / Art / Box 5

Kagan Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B187
Abstract Alexander Kagan was born in Paris, France in 1906 to Russian parents. At the age of 14, Alexander began work as a fabric and jewelry designer. He came to the United States in 1922 with his mother Chana (Anna) and his brother Haim Persah (Paul). He worked as a fabric designer in New York and in 1930 he became a US citizen. In 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was stationed in Pueblo, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Denver in 1954 and died in the Denver area in 1994....
Dates: 1895-1980
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Kagan Family Papers

Notecards and Artwork, 2001, 2007

 File
Identifier: B353.05.0001.0036
Abstract

Notecards and pictures featuring the synagogue based on paintings by Larry Kresek and Dan Spivak.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2001, 2007
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B353, JCRS Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation Records / Public Relations and Fundraising / Box 1

Plaster Cast of Suitcase, 2013

 Item
Identifier: B398.01.0034.00002
Abstract

Multi-piece artwork consisting of an encaustic painting on canvas, pair of shoes and wood shelf for shoes, and Painted plaster cast of a portion of a suitcase. Canvas has floral patterned wallpaper with large red flowers, covered with wax. Canvas is surrounded by ash wood frame. Wax makes surface 3-dimensional.

Dates: 2013
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B398, Deborah Howard's Holocaust Portraits and Papers / Original Artwork / "Transport" / Box 34

POC/Pénson, Boris, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0032
Abstract Materials related to Boris Pénson. Known for poster art, he and his family moved to Riga, Latvia, in 1950 where he graduated from an art school. In 1967 he decided to emigrate to Israel but was refused a visa. After endless requests and refusals, he joined the Dymshits group which planned the hijacking of an aircraft to escape from the Soviet Union. In June 1970, together with other members of the group, he was arrested by the KGB at the Smolny airport. In December 1970, at the "First...
Dates: 1968-1978
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B093, Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records / Records / Box 4

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