ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
Hungarian American
Artist Dates
1925-2022
Preview
Date of Work
1994
Medium
Edition #
695/1000
Signature
Bottom right corner
Height
22
Width
15
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: Room 211 W03
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Robert O. Fisch was a pediatrician, an award-winning author, an artist, and a holocaust survivor. He was born in Budapest in 1925. He survived the Gunskirchen death camp in Austria that was liberated by American soldiers in May of 1945. He returned to Hungary but he was unable to finish his medical training because he refused to join the communist party and he was forced to flee his home country and move to the United States. He finished his medical training at The University of Minnesota where he would be a professor until his retirement in 1997. Robert studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the University of Minnesota and the Walker Art Center, and achieved a distinguished second career as a visual artist and author. He published five books. Light from the Yellow Star: A Lesson of Love from the Holocaust portrays his Holocaust experience, The Metamorphosis to Freedom is a testimonial to freedom, the value he treasured dearly, Dear Dr. Fisch: Children's Letters to a Holocaust Survivor is a selection of letters from the thousands he received from American and European students, Fisch Stories: Reflections on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness is a collection of essays and memories, The Sky is Not the Limit is a collection of aphorisms.
Additional Information
This print is the illustration used for the cover of Fisch's book Light from the Yellow Star: A Lesson of Love from the Holocaust discussing his experience in the Gunskirchen death camp in Austria. This book is used specifically in schools to teach junior high and high school students about the holocaust.
Condition
Excellent
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”