GERSHON ISKOWITZ "RED-BLUE" WATERCOLOR, 1978 Roy Lichtenstein remembered

remembered

creating an architectural rhythm that feels both intimate and expansive

evoking an awkward youngster from the 1940's or 50's

These key optical characteristics are present throughout his oeuvre

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GERSHON ISKOWITZ "RED-BLUE" WATERCOLOR, 1978 Roy Lichtenstein rememberedIt is somewhat hard to reconcile Gershon Iskowitz's (1921 1988) joyful aesthetic with his personal history. Born to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave yeshiva (a Jewish seminary) in order to study art, including a brief stint at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. The outbreak of the second world war forced him to return to his hometown where shortly after he was conscripted to forced labor. In 1944 Iskowitz was transferred to