21 January 1920, Wednesday

Lviv. “Malarze żydowscy” (Jewish Painters), an article published in Chwila by Henryk Hescheles (signed with the penname “Henry Trejwart”), mentions Bruno Schulz’s artworks. 

When describing the exhibition of Jewish painters* in the Kehilla Hall in Lviv, Henryk Hescheles1, writer, journalist, and literary and theatre critic, claims that one can expect only great results from Schulz in the future, as his sketches manifest “extraordinary skill in grotesque painting”2, which must have been developed on book reproductions of works by such artists as Francisco Goya*, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Félicien Rops*. It is only necessary, Hescheles comments, that he and other young Jewish artists introduced at the peer-reviewed exhibition get the opportunity to develop with the support and understanding of the general public. (pls) (transl. mw)

See also: 7 February 1920*, the reception of exhibitions until 1942. 

  • 1
    See: Rafał Żebrowski, entry: “Hescheles Henryk Ignacy”, [in:] Polski słownik judaistyczny, https://www.jhi.pl/psj/Hescheles_Henryk_Ignacy; Mariola Szydłowska, entry: “Henryk Hescheles”, [in:] Encyklopedia teatru polskiego, http://www.encyklopediateatru.pl/krytyk/86328/henryk-hescheles.
  • 2
    Henryk Trejwart [Henryk Hescheles], „Malarze żydowscy”, Chwila 1920, no. 366, p. 5.