Old Jewish Cemetery Prague - Jan Kamienski

It is not clear when exactly the cemetery was founded. This has been the subject of discussion of many scholars. Some claim that the cemetery is over 1000 years older than the accepted date, which is the first half of the 15th century. The oldest grave belongs to a Prague rabbi and poet from 1439! 

Jews must not destroy Jewish graves and in particular they are not allowed to remove tombstones. When the cemetery ran out of space and purchasing extra land was not possible, more layers of soil were placed on the existing graves, the old tombstones taken out and placed upon the new layer of soil. This explains tombstones in the cemetery placed so closely to each other. It resulted in the cemetery having twelve layers of graves.

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Jan Kamienski Artist

Jan Kamienski         

Studied art (painting and graphics) at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, and at the Ecole des Arts et Métiers, Paris.

Settled in Winnipeg and worked as commercial artist, designer and illustrator freelancing in advertising art, including film animation. 

Joined the Winnipeg Tribune in 1958 as political cartoonist, art critic, columnist and arts page editor.

At closure of Tribune, joined Winnipeg Sun in 1980 until retirement; work as above.

Returned to painting full time in 1991.

Exhibitions:                       

Bellak-Eisner Gallery,Dresden,

      Germany,  1947 (solo)

Kulturbund, Dresden, Germany, 1948

Manitoba Society of Artists, 1950

Manitoba Society of Artists, 1953

Polish-Canadian Artists Exhibition,

      London, ON, 1954

Galerie Soubise, Paris, 1964  (solo)

Yellow Door Gallery, 1966   (solo)

Melnychenko Gallery, 1992

Melnychenko Gallery, 1993

University of Winnipeg, 1994  (solo)

Gallery 454,  Winnipeg,  1994  (solo)

University of Manitoba, 1995             

      Gallery 454, 1996

      Manitoba Theatre Centre, 1997

      Piano Nobile Gallery, 1998

      Adelaide McDermot Gallery, 1998  (solo)

Adelaide McDermot Gallery, 1998

Adelaide McDermot Gallery, 1999  (solo)

Main / Access Gallery, 1999

Site Gallery, 1999

Adelaide McDermot Gallery, 2000 (solo)

Main /Access Gallery, 2000

Main /Access Gallery, 2001

Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2001

Adelaide McDermot Gallery, 2001 (solo)

Main /Access Gallery, 2002

Adelaide McDermot Gallery, 2002 (solo)

Martha Street Gallery (graphics), 2002

Main / Access Gallery, 2003

Adelaide McDermot Gallery, 2003 (solo)

Polish Printmakers — Martha Street

      Studio Gallery,  2003

Adelaide McDermot Gallery, 2006

Birchwood Gallery, 2009—http://www.jankamienskigallery.com

                       

Prizes and awards:

City of Dresden Prize for graphic work, 1947

Dresdener Kulturbund Prize 1948

Art Directors Club,  Toronto,  1956

Prix du Salon International de Caricature, Montreal, 1963

National Newspaper Award for Editorial Cartooning, 1964

Work (paintings and graphics) owned  by:

Private collections in Germany (Dresden,  Baden-Baden),

France (Paris, Fontainebleau), USA  (Los Angeles) 

Poland (  Warsaw ,Poznan),   England (London),

Canada  (Toronto, Ottawa,  Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver)    

The entire body of editorial cartooning work,  consisting of roughly 7,000 original drawings (1958-1989) is now in the possession of the Manitoba Provincial Archives.

Work published:  (political cartooning, illustration, misc. writing)

Winnipeg Tribune,  Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Sun, New York Times,  Edmonton Journal,  Calgary Herald,  Vancouver Province,  Ottawa Journal,  TIME magazine, MacLean’s magazine,  The Beaver magazine,  Queen’s Quarterly,  textbooks (Canada & U.S.), biographies, monographs, collections of satirical art in Canada and U.S., listed in Chronicle of Canada (1990), The Canadian Enclylopedia 2000.

Book: 

Hidden in the Enemy’s Sight – Resisting the Third Reich from Within;  (WWII Memoir; Dundurn Press, Toronto, 2008)