Irvin Ungar's guest appearances

Irvin Ungar

The Virtual Memories Show

Warfare of Art & Law Podcast

Holy Sparks Podcast 

Sarah Williams

Ashton Applewhite

Kurt Andersen

David Shields

Bob Stein

Andrew Smith

Eddy Portnoy

Andrew Parker

Gary Clark

Bill Griffith

Caleb Crain

Scott McCloud

Judith Butler

Milton Glaser

Steven Heller

OwlTail

Arthur Szyk

Irvin Ungar is the world’s foremost expert on the art of Arthur Szyk and the tireless force behind the Szyk Renaissance. A former pulpit Rabbi fluent in Jewish history and tradition, Irvin is the CEO and founder of Historicana, an antiquarian book firm and small publishing house of Szyk imprints.Beginning in 1987, Irvin first specialized in Szyk’s remarkable illustrated books and quickly expanded his repertoire to include original art, fine art prints, and other important Szyk works. He has curated and consulted for numerous Szyk exhibitions at major institutions worldwide, including the New-York Historical Society (New York City); the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; the Deutsches Historisches Museum (Berlin); the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, DC); and the Library of Congress.Irvin is the author of Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art (2017 National Jewish Book Award winner) and Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk (1998). His most recent book Arthur Szyk Preserved: Institutional Collections of Original Art was published in 2023. Additionally, Irvin is the co-producer of the documentary film, “Soldier in Art: Arthur Szyk,” and the publisher of the luxury limited edition of The Szyk Haggadah (2008). He also served as the curator of The Arthur Szyk Society (1997-2017) and its traveling exhibition program, and continues lecturing and speaking about Szyk on university campuses, museums and other venues around the world.In this interview we talk about Irvin's transition from the pulpit to book seller to Szyk expert. You'll enjoy some amazing stories about him getting Syzk's work back onto the main stage... for images accompanying this work go to https://www.facebook.com/saul.kayehttp://holysparks.tv/become a Podcast Sponsor, go here!https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85745591For more on Rabbi Irvin Ungar's work and Arthur Szyk go to https://www.szyk.com/

Irvin Ungar is the world’s foremost expert on the art of Arthur Szyk and the tireless force behind the Szyk Renaissance. A former pulpit Rabbi fluent in Jewish history and tradition, Irvin is the CEO and founder of Historicana, an antiquarian book firm and small publishing house of Szyk imprints.Beginning in 1987, Irvin first specialized in Szyk’s remarkable illustrated books and quickly expanded his repertoire to include original art, fine art prints, and other important Szyk works. He has curated and consulted for numerous Szyk exhibitions at major institutions worldwide, including the New-York Historical Society (New York City); the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; the Deutsches Historisches Museum (Berlin); the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, DC); and the Library of Congress.Irvin is the author of Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art (2017 National Jewish Book Award winner) and Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk (1998). His most recent book Arthur Szyk Preserved: Institutional Collections of Original Art was published in 2023. Additionally, Irvin is the co-producer of the documentary film, “Soldier in Art: Arthur Szyk,” and the publisher of the luxury limited edition of The Szyk Haggadah (2008). He also served as the curator of The Arthur Szyk Society (1997-2017) and its traveling exhibition program, and continues lecturing and speaking about Szyk on university campuses, museums and other venues around the <a href="http://world.In" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">world.In</a> this interview we talk about Irvin's transition from the pulpit to book seller to Szyk expert. You'll enjoy some amazing stories about him getting Syzk's work back onto the main stage... for images accompanying this work go to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/saul.kayehttp://holysparks.tv/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/saul.kayehttp://holysparks.tv/</a>become a Podcast Sponsor, go here!<a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85745591" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85745591</a>For more on Rabbi Irvin Ungar's work and Arthur Szyk go to <a href="https://www.szyk.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.szyk.com/</a>

Interview With Rabbi Irvin Ungar on the Artist Arthur SZYK

Please visit the website devoted to Arthur Szyk to learn more.SHOW NOTES:3:00 Ungar’s introduction to Szyk10:15 Byron Sherwin’s involvement with creating a solo show Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk in Chicago with the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies 15:25 2000 Library of Congress exhibition, Artist for Freedom21:00 2002 U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s exhibition, The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk23:25 Biography of Szyk by Joseph Ansell entitled Arthur Szyk: Artist, Jew, Pole25:20 Exhibitions in Poland32:45 2008 Deutshes Historiches museum exhibition42:00 2017 New York Historical Society exhibition Soldier In Art50:50 Bergson Group55:50 McCarthyism &amp; Szyk’s Thomas Jefferson’s Oath: “I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. 1:07:15 2017 Ungar’s book Arthur Szyk: Soldier In Art won 2017 National Jewish Book Award1:13:20 Wagner1:22:30 Comparison of Chagall’s White Crucifixion, Picasso’s Guernica and Szyk’s De Profundis1:30:25 Japanese Historian Rinjiro Sodei’s book illustrated with Szyk’s work, Representing Hirohito in Wartime: The Art of Arthur Szyk1:44:45 Book in progress to list the thirty institutions that hold Szyk’s work1:46:35 Ungar’s memoir, Reviving An Artist’s Fame: My Life With Arthur Szyk1:48:00 Short documentaries about Szyk To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.© Stephanie Drawdy [2021]

Please visit the website devoted to <a href="https://www.szyk.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arthur Szyk</a> to learn more. SHOW NOTES:3:00 Ungar’s introduction to Szyk10:15 Byron Sherwin’s involvement with creating a solo show Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk in Chicago with the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies 15:25 2000 Library of Congress exhibition, Artist for Freedom21:00 2002 U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s exhibition, The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk 23:25 Biography of Szyk by Joseph Ansell entitled Arthur Szyk: Artist, Jew, Pole25:20 Exhibitions in Poland32:45 2008 Deutshes Historiches museum exhibition42:00 2017 New York Historical Society exhibition Soldier In Art50:50 Bergson Group55:50 McCarthyism &amp; Szyk’s Thomas Jefferson’s Oath: “I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. 1:07:15 2017 Ungar’s book Arthur Szyk: Soldier In Art won 2017 National Jewish Book Award1:13:20 Wagner1:22:30 Comparison of Chagall’s White Crucifixion, Picasso’s Guernica and Szyk’s De Profundis1:30:25 Japanese Historian Rinjiro Sodei’s book illustrated with Szyk’s work, Representing Hirohito in Wartime: The Art of Arthur Szyk1:44:45 Book in progress to list the thirty institutions that hold Szyk’s work1:46:35 Ungar’s memoir, Reviving An Artist’s Fame: My Life With Arthur Szyk1:48:00 Short documentaries about Szyk To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit <a href="https://www.patreon.com/warfareofartandlaw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Warfare's Patreon page</a>. © Stephanie Drawdy [2021]

Fighting Artist Arthur Szyk: Szyk Expert Irvin Ungar on Social Justice, Historical Justice and the Artist's Role 

Arthur Szyk was once one of the most popular artists in America, but after his untimely death his art vanished from public discourse. How did Szyk achieve and lose such renown? Irvin Ungar has spent the last 25 years championing Szyk's work, most recently publishing the National Jewish Book Award-winning Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art. We talk about his introduction to Szyk, the impact of Szyk's work in his native Poland, the UK and the US, the way Szyk's work in so many forms -- illuminated manuscripts, Persian miniatures, political cartooning, and more -- may have contributed to his posthumous decline, and why Syzk's Haggadah is like Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling. We also get into Irv's dayenu moments promoting Szyk's legacy, and the curious story of how Irv entered the rabbinate as an alternative to serving in Vietnam, left to become an antiquarian bookseller, and how his rabbinic training let him recognize Arthur Szyk as an upstanding man. • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

<a href="http://szyk.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Arthur Szyk</a> was once one of the most popular artists in America, but after his untimely death his art vanished from public discourse. How did Szyk achieve and lose such renown? <a href="http://szyk.com/irvin-ungar/index.htm?mnHd=4&amp;mnSubHd=22" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Irvin Ungar</a> has spent the last 25 years championing Szyk's work, most recently publishing the National Jewish Book Award-winning <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1911282085" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art</a>. We talk about his introduction to Szyk, the impact of Szyk's work in his native Poland, the UK and the US, the way Szyk's work in so many forms -- illuminated manuscripts, Persian miniatures, political cartooning, and more -- may have contributed to his posthumous decline, and why <a href="http://szyk.com/szyk-haggadah/index.htm?mnHd=1&amp;mnSubHd=3" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Syzk's Haggadah</a> is like Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling. We also get into Irv's dayenu moments promoting Szyk's legacy, and the curious story of how Irv entered the rabbinate as an alternative to serving in Vietnam, left to become an antiquarian bookseller, and how his rabbinic training let him recognize Arthur Szyk as an upstanding man. • More info <a href="http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-272-irvin-ungar" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">at our site</a> • Support The Virtual Memories Show via <a href="http://patreon.com/vmspod" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a> or <a href="http://paypal.me/vmspod" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Paypal</a>

Episode 272 - Irvin Ungar