Joseph Bau

• Artist Statement
• About the Artist
• Scenes from Joseph Bau’s studio

Art Work

Joseph Bau (1920-2002) was a Polish Jew from Krakow who, because of the Holocaust, wound up as one of the Jews working for Oskar Schindler. He immigrated to Israel in 1950 and spent the rest of his life as an artist there. Bau was the author of "Dear God, Have You Ever Gone Hungry?" published by Arcade Publishing (ISBN: 1559704314).

Resource Links:
www.josephbau.com/
Joseph Bau at Wikipedia.org
Joseph Bau at the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada
From Holocaust Survivor to the "Israeli Walt Disney": The Remarkable Story of Renowned Artist Joseph Bau
Joseph Bau at holocaustresearchproject.org
Joseph Bau at Arcade Publishing
"Art of the Survivors" Exhibit Re-frames Remembrance
Love, hope and humor help artist survive Holocaust
Video about Joseph Bau (in Hebrew)

Accordion and Flute Players	Learning Barbering	A Cello Player	Cleaning the Spectacles	A Coupling
A Couple	A Couple	Good Neighbour	Gossips	The Jeolous Trio
A Liontamer Eating A Lion	Oskar Shindler	Quintet	Rich Man Disbursing Alms	A Tailor
A Trio With A Bird	Dividing The Bread	Totaling Wedding Gifts	A Woman's Portrait	A Woman Holding A Gosling
A Woman In A Lifeguard Post

Part of set of playing cards painted by Joseph Bau while is Plaszow Concentration Camp. Bau's cards reflect the memory of normal life before the war-his wife, marriage, children, holidays.

Contacts for arranging exhibitions of the work:

• Clila and Hadasa Bau.
• Joseph Bau (Note: Joseph Bau died in Tel Aviv May, 2002. His work is still being exhibited through contact with his family.)

Site constructed with permission of the artist.