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Author: Si Lewen ,
Art Spiegelman
Publisher: Abrams
Imprint: Abrams ComicArts
Dimensions:
Width: 20.70cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 27.80cm
Weight: 1.110kg
ISBN: 9781419721618
ISBN 10: 1419721615
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 04 October 2016
Recommended Age: Up to 13 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
An eloquent and vigorous protest against war’s horror and futility. * The New York Times, from an exhibition review of The Parade, 1953 * Nothing can equal the psychological effect of real art . . .Our time needs you and your work! * Albert Einstein, from a letter to Si Lewen, 1951 * The Parade is a powerfully moving free-jazz dirge of a book that depicts mankind’s recurring war fever. It remains sadly urgent and relevant today. * Art Spiegelman, from his introduction * “A compelling testament to Lewen’s gifts for stirring our souls with the silent grace of painted panel after panel after panel. As narrative, it is music by which to mourn Man’s fate.” * The Washington Post * “There are many masterworks dealing with conflict and its evils, from Goya’s “Disasters of War” to Picasso’s “Guernica” to Jacob Lawrence’s “War Series.” Si Lewen’s “Parade” must be counted among them.” * Wall Street Journal *
Si Lewen was born in Lublin, Poland, on November 8, 1918, to secular Jewish parents. After moving to Berlin to escape Polish anti-Semitism, he fled to France before immigrating to New York in 1935. After serving in the army during World War II, Lewen made his livelihood as a painter. He lives in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. Art Spiegelman is an American comics writer, artist, and editor best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel memoir, Maus.
A compelling testament to Lewen's gifts for stirring our souls with the silent grace of painted panel after panel after panel. As narrative, it is music by which to mourn Man's fate. --The Washington Post An eloquent and vigorous protest against war's horror and futility. --The New York Times, from an exhibition review of The Parade, 1953 Nothing can equal the psychological effect of real art . . .Our time needs you and your work! --Albert Einstein, from a letter to Si Lewen, 1951 The Parade is a powerfully moving free-jazz dirge of a book that depicts mankind's recurring war fever. It remains sadly urgent and relevant today. --Art Spiegelman, from his introduction
Author Information
Si Lewen was born in Lublin, Poland, on November 8, 1918. During World War II he served in the US Army as one of the Ritchie Boys (German-speaking Special Ops) from the invasion of Normandy to the liberation of Buchenwald. He resumed his career as a painter after the war. Lewen lives in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. Si Lewen passed away at the Foulkways retirement home in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, on July 25, 2016. A few days before his death, Art Spiegelman presented him with a finished copy of Si Lewen’s Parade: An Artist’s Odyssey. Lewen’s daughter Nina Kardon said, “Seeing the book brought him not only happiness, but a sense of closure to his life.” The Whitney Museum of American Art acquired several pieces of his art from Si Lewen's Parade in 2017. Art Spiegelman is an American comics writer, artist, and editor best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel memoir, Maus.
