Art and the Holocaust

Art and the Holocaust at the Eskenazi Museum of Art

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art encourages active learning through direct engagement with art from our wide-ranging collection, which spans nearly every art-producing culture throughout history. You can experience our collection in the galleries, at programming and events, and with a special viewing in one of our art study rooms.

The items below provide an overview for understanding art and the Holocaust at the Eskenazi Museum of Art. As an educational institution, engagement with the collection is encouraged so do not feel afraid to ask lots of questions and reach out.

• Email the museum's registrar, Emma Fulce, with any questions!

Artists with works related to the Holocaust

Artists are linked to the Eskenazi Museum of Art Collections Online when possible.

• Hannelore Baron
• Leonard Baskin
• Joseph Friebert
• Harold Paris
• Abraham Rattner
• Jennings Tofel
• Anna Walinska

Abraham Rattner, Place of Darkness (1943, oil on canvas). Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hope, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University.

Past Exhibitions Intersecting with Art and the Holocaust at the Eskenazi 

• Measuring Time: The Photographs of Jeffrey A. Wolin

• The Degenerate Art Exhibition: 85 Years Later

Essays

• "Jewish American Artists in the Twentieth Century" by Jenny McComas, Curator of European and American Art

In 2004, a Nazi-Era Provenance Research Project was established at the Eskenazi Museum of Art to systematically research the provenance of works of art that may have been in continental Europe between 1933 and 1945.

• World War II-Era Provenance Research Project