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This Artist Drew Inspiration from Jewish Gravestones

JL;DR SUMMARY Lili Ország was a Hungarian artist of Jewish origin whose work was deeply influenced by her heritage and the traumas of World War II. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustWorld War IiJewish HeritageKabbalahSpiritualityArtJewish CemeterySurrealismLili OrszágLabyrinths

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Budapest, Hungary
"Early on in a new, spectacular Lili Orszg exhibition in Budapest, there is a collage from 1956 called Excavation/ Woman digging in the earth."
Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia, Ukraine
"Orszg was raised in a prosperous Jewish family in Ungvr (present day Uzhhorod, Ukraine)."
Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"in May they were herded onto the cattle cars bound for Auschwitz."
Bulgaria
"In 1956 (the year of the anti-Soviet uprising), Lili Orszg travelled to Bulgaria where she visited the ancient Rila Monastery and the churches of Samokov and Plodiv."
Prague, Prague, Hlavní mešto, Czechia
"But a visit to the old Jewish cemetery in Prague in 1960 set Orszg on the path to emulating the mastery and devotion she so admired in medieval icon painters."
Jerusalem, Israel
"In 1966 she visited Israel. She said of Jerusalem: I walked here two thousand years ago."
Italy
"Travels to Italy (Rome, Pompeii and Herculaneum) fueled further experimentation in her work."

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