Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter's Quest for Her Lost

Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter's Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy

The memoir of one womanâ€™s emotional quest to find the art of her Polish-Jewish great-grandfather, lost during World War II.
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Moshe Ryneckiâ€™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 forgottenâ€¦
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The everyday lives of the Polish-Jewish community depicted in Moshe Ryneckiâ€™s paintings simply blended into the background of Elizabeth Ryneckiâ€™s life when she was growing up. But the art transformed from familiar to extraordinary in her eyes after her grandfather, Mosheâ€™s son George, left behind journals detailing the loss her ancestors had endured during World War II, including Mosheâ€™s art. Knowing that her family had only found a small portion of Mosheâ€™s art, and that many more pieces remained to be found, Elizabeth set out to find them.
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Before Moshe was deported to the ghetto, he entrusted his work to friends who would keep it safe. After he was killed in the Majdanek concentration camp, the art was dispersedÂ all over the world. With the help of historians, curators, and admirers of Mosheâ€™s work, Elizabeth began the incredible and difficult task of rebuilding his collection.
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Spanning three decades of Elizabethâ€™s life and three generations of her family, this touching memoir is a compelling narrative of the richness of one manâ€™s art, the devastation of war, and one womanâ€™s unexpected path to healing.
Country USA
Brand NAL
Manufacturer Berkley
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber part_1101987669
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-09-06
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884139551387
EANs 9781101987667

Country	USA
Brand	NAL
Manufacturer	Berkley
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	part_1101987669
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-09-06
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884139551387
EANs	9781101987667

Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter's Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy

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