Sheldon Art Galleries Present a Free Gallery Talk with Barbel Schulte on 4/23

The Sheldon Art Galleries presents a free Gallery Talk with Bärbel Schulte, curator of the exhibition Max Lazarus: Trier / St. Louis / Denver - A Jewish Artist's Fate, Saturday, April 23, 1 p.m. Dr. Schulte will speak on Max Lazarus' life and career in conjunction with the exhibition, admission free.

Born in 1965, Bärbel Schulte studied Art History, Medievalism and Modern German Literature at the University of Trier, Germany, where she graduated in 1997 with a Ph.D. in Art History. Since 1995, she has worked at the City Museum of Trier, where since 1998 she has held the position of Deputy Director, responsible for the scientific management and organization of the exhibitions. She has also worked as a freelance curator for museums and galleries. Specializing in modern and contemporary art and the artists of the so-called "Lost Generation," Schulte has published many books, essays and articles and given numerous public lectures. The Gallery Talk is made possible by the United Hebrew Congregation.

Other programs in conjunction with the exhibition:

 

Related Program: April 5, Holocaust Émigrés Panel, 7 p.m. Please note: this program will be held at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center In Memory of Gloria M. Goldstein, 12 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, Missouri, 63146. Telephone 314-442-3714.

Gallery Talk at the Sheldon Art Galleries: April 12, 6 p.m., Dan Reich, Curator and Director of Education at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center In Memory of Gloria M. Goldstein will speak on Max Lazarus's career as an artist in exile. This lecture will be held at the Sheldon Art Galleries , in the Bellwether Gallery admission free.

Max Lazarus: Trier / St. Louis / Denver - A Jewish Artist's Fate

Bellwether Gallery of St. Louis Artists

 

Through May 7, 2011

Organized by the Stadtmuseum Simeonstift, Trier, Germany, and curated by Bärbel Schulte, this exhibition traces the life and artistic development of the German-Jewish artist Max Lazarus (1892-1961) through over 50 paintings, lithographs and synagogue designs. An extraordinary colorist, Lazarus produced expressive works that included landscapes, portraits, and some politically charged subjects. Lazarus fled Germany in 1938, after being forced to work secretly in Germany during the rise of the Nazi party. He lived first in St. Louis, where he had a family, then moved to Denver, Colorado, where he contracted tuberculosis.

His early career is represented in the exhibition with a self-portrait, several Trier landscapes, and a number of prints. Scenes from his time in St. Louis, like views of the Old Courthouse, Grand Avenue and the United Hebrew Synagogue (now the Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center), as well as paintings that reflect the changing Denver cityscape in the 1940s and '50s, are also included. Lazarus's story stands as an example of innumerable "disrupted biographies" that occurred during the rise of the Nazis to power. Lazarus's life and career were disrupted twice: first by the Nazis and then by his health. He died in Denver, Colorado in 1961. A selection of Lazarus's synagogue mural designs will be on view during this time in a separate exhibition in the Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture. The exhibition is underwritten by the David S. Millstone Arts Foundation with additional support from Nancy and Kenneth Kranzberg, The Millstone Foundation, Gary and Sherry Wolff, Esley Hamilton and Angela M. Gonzales.

The not-for profit Sheldon Art Galleries exhibits works by local, national and International Artists in all media. Over 6,000 square feet of the galleries' spaces on the 2nd floor are permanently devoted to rotating exhibits of photography, architecture, jazz art and history, and children's art. A sculpture garden, seen from both the atrium lobby and the connecting glass bridge, features periodic rotations and installations, and the Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Gallery on the lower level features art of all media. The Sheldon actively supports the work of St. Louis artists in all mediums and features a dedicatEd Gallery with museum-quality exhibits by St. Louis artists, past and present.

Financial Assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency. Support is provided by the Regional Arts Commission and the Arts and Education Council.

 

 

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