Jacques Kopinsky
Jacques Kopinsky , alternative first names Sjors, Sjaak and George ( March 1, 1924 in Amsterdam - January 11, 2003 there ) was a Dutch painter and sculptor . As a young man he was able to jump off a deportation train, was hidden by a family in Bad Brambach and was thus able to survive the Nazi regime .
life and work
Kopinsky was the only child of Jacques Kopinsky (1899–1970) and Frederike geb. Verrijk (1905-1991). During the German occupation of the Netherlands , he participated in the resistance . He was arrested and interned in the Amersfoort transit camp, then deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp and finally to the Theresienstadt concentration camp . When he was finally on a deportation train to another concentration camp , presumably Auschwitz , he was able to jump off the train. He is said to have joined the Czech resistance and finally found shelter with a family in Bad Brambach , who hid him until the fall of the Nazi regime.
In the 1970s he went to the famous psychiatrist Jan Bastiaans for treatment with his war trauma . This motivated him to artistically process the images of the past. The Dutch artist platform RKDartists lists him as an autodidact . He drew his work as' J. Kopinsky '. The bend in the road became a central metaphor for his work. Today a number of his works can be found on permanent loan in the Museum Flehite in Amersfoort and in the National Monument Kamp Amersfoort Foundation .
Web links
- Utrecht Altijd , some works by the artist
Individual evidence
- ↑ archiefeemland.nl: Detail Jacques Kopinsky , accessed on March 5, 2017
- ↑ RKDartists: Jacques Kopinsky , accessed on March 5, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kopinsky, Jacques |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kopinsky, Sjors; Kopinsky, Sjaak; Kopinsky, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter and sculptor, survivor of the Nazi regime |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 2003 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |