Contemplating My Infamous Inheritance
In writing about the reasoning behind my making the ongoing series of paintings that form under the heading “holocaust”, please understand that my explanation for my need to paint in relation to my personal history and the history of my mostly murdered ancestry is complex and many layered.
I have spent most of my life so far in contemplation of my infamous inheritance. Read more
Jan Komski: Auschwitz Survivor Original Paintings (12)
Eating and Starvation 
Appell (Roll Call) 
Warmth 
Ecce Homo 
Leftovers 
Roundup 
Murder by The SS 
Looking for scraps 
Administrative Punishment 
Hanging and Eating 
The Death Brigade 
An SS Christmas Tree Ornament Tamara Deuel — Survivor artist
“We are given grief and sadness but at the same time we are given love and beauty. And for our continuation we should not hold on to the pain, at least not with all of our power, but believe and live the life that is given to us with love and beauty and start to climb out of the darkness.”
Art and Artists
Holocaust Art Series by David Aronson 
“Haunting Memory” by R. A. Beecroft 
Imagine Art Gallery, Room 1: Children’s Art 
