Into the light : the healing journey of artist Kalman Aron

by Susan Beilby Magee

Hardcover, 2012

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Stockbridge, Mass. : Chevy Chase, Md. : Hard Press Editions ; Posterity Press, 2012.

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Artist Kalman Aron has eclipsed evil and delved into visual truth and beauty. A Holocaust survivor, his experiences in concentration camps had a lifetime effect on his painting and his capability to convey the heart of his subjects. After the war, Aron's skills were acknowledged with a full scholarship to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and he received a master's in fine arts degree. At the end of 1949, he immigrated to America and settled in Los Angeles, a prolific and accomplished artist. Aron's media are varied and manifold - oils, pastels, acrylics, pen and ink, and watercolours - and his approach moves through a new arena of artistic expression with time. From his drawings of children, portraits, Los Angeles landscapes, and abstract drawings, among numerous other subjects, Aron has discovered healing through his art. His example is a symbol of hope and restoration. This beautifully illustrated book is a visual testament to that hope. AUTHOR: Susan Beilby Magee, graduate of Pomona College and Wharton and formerly a White House Fellow, is a certified hypnotherapist with 25 years experience in the healing arts. ILLUSTRATIONS: 200 colour & 50 b/w illustrations… (more)

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LibraryThing member Katyefk
What a beautiful book and story. It is in the process of being made into a movie. Kalman Aron as a person and an artist is a very inspirational human being. This book is the story of his life as a child prodigy artist, who is sent to a prison camp in WWII and survived by doing drawings of the
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guards and other folks. He then escaped from the prison and went to art school and move to Los Angeles and continued his career. He has painted portraits of many famous folks and his larger works are shown in the LA Holocaust Museum. The book shows his paintings over time as he healed from this trauma and became very serene and "filled with light." I am a watercolorist and very spiritual. I loved this book and did not want it to end.
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