Tibor Spitz

Tibor Spitz
Born1929 (age 95–96)
Dolný Kubín, Czechoslovakia

Tibor Spitz (born 1929) is a Slovak-born artist and Holocaust survivor. After escaping from communist Czechoslovakia to the West, he lived and worked in Canada and the United States. He currently resides in Kingston, New York.

Biography

In 1929, Tibor Spitz was born in a small town called Dolný Kubín in the high mountains of northern Slovakia, at that time part of Czechoslovakia.[1]

His work was exhibited at New Paltz NY Gallery UNISON in 2022.[2]

In 2008 Canadian drama director Valeria Thothova used his paintings in her book "Shalom" issued in Canada.[3] In 2022 he participated in a PBS documentary film titled, "We Remember: Songs of Survivors".[4]

References

  1. ^ Matthew Baigwell (1997). Jewish-American artists and the Holocaust. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0813524040. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Tibor Spitz – A Retrospective: Stories, Rememberances". Unison Arts. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  3. ^ Tóthová, Valéria (2008). Shalom. Toronto, Canada: Kanadská základina pre umenie a divadlo. OCLC 236054282.
  4. ^ We Remember: Songs of Survivors. Retrieved 2025-01-30 – via www.pbs.org.
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