38 min
Chasing Portraits: Author and Filmmaker Elizabeth Rynecki on the Legacy of Warsaw-Based Artist Moshe Rynecki (1881/1885 – 1943) Warfare of Art & Law Podcast
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- Visual Arts
Please visit the Moshe Rynecki website to view his work.
To learn more about Elizabeth Rynecki's documentary and book about her journey, Chasing Portraits, please visit the Chasing Portrait's website.
To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.
Show Notes:
2:50 Moshe Rynecki is likened to an ethnographer and documented similar scenes that Roman Vishniac photographed
4:00 three surviving studies from Moshe’s time in the Warsaw Ghetto
5:00 Yehudit Shendar from Yad Vashem
8:00 Archives of Emanuel Ringelblum from the Warsaw Ghetto
9:15 Moshe’s decision to stay in Warsaw Ghetto to be with his people
13:30 Moshe hid 800 artworks;120 of the surviving artworks are with the Ryneckis
15:08 Warsaw’s Jewish Historical Institute has 52 works
15:14 Private collectors of Moshe’s work are in Canada, Israel, the U.S. and France
15:30 How the Jewish Historical Institute acquired the 52 works by Moshe in its collection
17:00 Restitution issues and historical justice
24:00 Artworks are also survivors with a story
25:00 Elizabeth Rynecki’s decision to author a book and create a film with this story
27:00 Elizabeth’s advice on seeking lost art: persistence and a sense of practicality
29:20 Books recommended by Elizabeth, including Landscape with Smoke Stacks: The Case of the Allegedly Plundered Degas that relates to a restitution case involving Simon Goodman
35:20 Poland’s approach to restitution
Please share your comments and/or questions at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com
To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.
Music by Toulme.
To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.
To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com.
Thanks so much for listening!
© Stephanie Drawdy [2024]
Please visit the Moshe Rynecki website to view his work.
To learn more about Elizabeth Rynecki's documentary and book about her journey, Chasing Portraits, please visit the Chasing Portrait's website.
To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.
Show Notes:
2:50 Moshe Rynecki is likened to an ethnographer and documented similar scenes that Roman Vishniac photographed
4:00 three surviving studies from Moshe’s time in the Warsaw Ghetto
5:00 Yehudit Shendar from Yad Vashem
8:00 Archives of Emanuel Ringelblum from the Warsaw Ghetto
9:15 Moshe’s decision to stay in Warsaw Ghetto to be with his people
13:30 Moshe hid 800 artworks;120 of the surviving artworks are with the Ryneckis
15:08 Warsaw’s Jewish Historical Institute has 52 works
15:14 Private collectors of Moshe’s work are in Canada, Israel, the U.S. and France
15:30 How the Jewish Historical Institute acquired the 52 works by Moshe in its collection
17:00 Restitution issues and historical justice
24:00 Artworks are also survivors with a story
25:00 Elizabeth Rynecki’s decision to author a book and create a film with this story
27:00 Elizabeth’s advice on seeking lost art: persistence and a sense of practicality
29:20 Books recommended by Elizabeth, including Landscape with Smoke Stacks: The Case of the Allegedly Plundered Degas that relates to a restitution case involving Simon Goodman
35:20 Poland’s approach to restitution
Please share your comments and/or questions at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com
To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.
Music by Toulme.
To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.
To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com.
Thanks so much for listening!
© Stephanie Drawdy [2024]
38 min