Vom Bauhaus nach Terezin: Friedl Dicker-Brandeis und die Kinderzeichnungen aus dem Ghetto-Lager Theresienstadt.
Frankfurt am Main: Jüdisches Museum, 1991. 3980212505 120 pages.
Large-format softcover volume, with French flaps, measures approximately 8.5" x 11", is in fine condition, with solid binding, clean and bright interior. Profusely illustrated, with b&w photos and numerous color reproductions of artwork.
Catalogue of an exhibition (April 25 to July 28, 1991) devoted to the life of Austrian artist and educator Frederika "Friedl" Dicker-Brandeis (1898-1944), who was deported to to the Terezín "model ghetto" in December 1942 and subsequently murdered in Auschwitz. During her time at Terezín, she gave art lessons and lectures. She helped to organize secret education classes for the children of Terezín. She saw drawing and art as a way for the children to understand their emotions and their environment.