Object numberM1996/020
Creator Bedrich Fritta (artist)
DescriptionTerezin landscape painted by Bedrich Fritta. Typical Fritta´s painting from the beginning of his stay in the Terezín ghetto. It depicts (slightly stylized) the incoming transport in the area of the former Bohušovice gate on the border of the ghetto.
This painting, which was given to John Glass’s father in Theresienstadt, depicts the oppressive walls of the ghetto and shadowy, stark figures within. It remained in Czechoslovakia with John’s father after the war, hidden from authorities. When his father died, it passed to a friend, who eventually sent it to Mr Glass in Australia.
Friedrich Taussig (1906-1944) worked as a graphic artist in Prague under the pseudonym of Bedrich Fritta. On 4 December 1941 he was deported to Terezin and with other artists was forced to work in the art studio where he drew diagrams and tables and secretly documented the horrors of everyday life in the camp – the overcrowded accommodation, dying prisoners and transports leaving the ghetto for Auschwitz. Bedrich Fritta was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944.
This painting, which was given to John Glass’s father in Theresienstadt, depicts the oppressive walls of the ghetto and shadowy, stark figures within. It remained in Czechoslovakia with John’s father after the war, hidden from authorities. When his father died, it passed to a friend, who eventually sent it to Mr Glass in Australia.
Friedrich Taussig (1906-1944) worked as a graphic artist in Prague under the pseudonym of Bedrich Fritta. On 4 December 1941 he was deported to Terezin and with other artists was forced to work in the art studio where he drew diagrams and tables and secretly documented the horrors of everyday life in the camp – the overcrowded accommodation, dying prisoners and transports leaving the ghetto for Auschwitz. Bedrich Fritta was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944.
Object namepaintings
Dimensions
- frame width: 595.00 mm
frame height: 440.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr. John Glass