Painted in Words: A Memoir by Samuel Bak

by Samuel Bak

(Indiana University Press)

In Painted in Words internationally renowned artist Samuel Bak sets aside his brushes to narrate the stories of his life--as a child in Nazi-occupied Vilna, as a youth in European refugee camps, and as a maturing artist in Israel, France, Italy, Switzerland, and the United States. Lovingly, he evokes his departed parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, along with their households and employees, to create a vital gallery of dramatic, lyrical, epic, and sometimes absurd heroes.

Online exhibit:
Illuminations: The Art of Samuel Bak

Related materials:
Samuel Bak Poster Set

Related video:
Samuel Bak: The Art of Speaking about the Unspeakable

Related lessons:
Interpreting the Works of Samuel Bak: Interruption
Interpreting the Works of Samuel Bak: Self-Portrait
Interpreting the Works of Samuel Bak: The Family