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the artist was captivated by the incongruity between her muscles and feminine features
evoking an awkward youngster from the 1940's or 50's
remembered
nude silhouettes (often evocative of Matisse)
GERSHON ISKOWITZ "RED-BLUE" WATERCOLOR, 1978 Roy Lichtenstein the artist was captivated byIt is somewhat hard to reconcile Gershon Iskowitz's (1921 1988) joyful aesthetic with his personal history. Born to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave yeshiva (a Jewish seminary) in order to study art, including a brief stint at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. The outbreak of the second world war forced him to return to his hometown where shortly after he was conscripted to forced labor. In 1944 Iskowitz was transferred to
