After the war, he was an instructor at the Ontario College of Art. In 1958, he was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and in 1979, he was made a member of the Order of Canada. Throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, Bayefsky maintained an interest in tattooing and produced a series of portraits of tattooed people from Toronto and Japan.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Holocaust art of Aba Bayefsky". Canadian Museum of History. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
^Celinscak, Mark (2015). Distance from the Belsen Heap: Allied Forces and the Liberation of a Concentration Camp. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN9781442615700.
^Murray, Joan (1981). Canadian Artists of the Second World War. Oshawa: Robert McLaughlin Gallery. p. 30. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
^Jelinski, Jamie (Spring 2018). ""An Artist's View of Tattooing": Aba Bayefsky and the Tattoo Scenes of Toronto and Yokohama, 1978–86". Journal of Canadian Studies. 52 (2): 451–480. doi:10.3138/jcs.2017-0062.r2. S2CID 150354531 – via Project MUSE.
bayefsky, april, 1923, 2001, artist, teacher, cmborn, 1923, april, 1923toronto, ontario, canadadiedmay, 2001, 2001, aged, toronto, ontario, canadacareer, editbayefsky, born, jewish, family, toronto, ontario, second, russian, born, father, scottish, born, mothe. Aba Bayefsky CM RCA April 7 1923 May 5 2001 was an artist and teacher Aba BayefskyCMBorn 1923 04 07 April 7 1923Toronto Ontario CanadaDiedMay 5 2001 2001 05 05 aged 78 Toronto Ontario CanadaCareer editBayefsky was born to a Jewish family in Toronto Ontario the second son of a Russian born father and a Scottish born mother 1 He studied at the Central Technical School During his teens he attended classes at the Children s Art Centre of the Art Gallery of Ontario where he was encouraged by such artists as Arthur Lismer Erma Sutcliffe Dorothy Medhurst and A Y Jackson He later studied at the Academie Julian in Paris Bayefsky enlisted in the RCAF in October 1942 and was made a Flight Lieutenant He was appointed an Official Second World War artist in December 1944 assigned to depict airborne operations over north west Europe He entered the Bergen Belsen concentration camp shortly after its liberation and recorded what he saw in sketchbooks these were destroyed in a fire later 2 3 After the war he was an instructor at the Ontario College of Art In 1958 he was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and in 1979 he was made a member of the Order of Canada Throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s Bayefsky maintained an interest in tattooing and produced a series of portraits of tattooed people from Toronto and Japan 4 References edit Holocaust art of Aba Bayefsky Canadian Museum of History Retrieved 27 September 2018 Celinscak Mark 2015 Distance from the Belsen Heap Allied Forces and the Liberation of a Concentration Camp Toronto University of Toronto Press ISBN 9781442615700 Murray Joan 1981 Canadian Artists of the Second World War Oshawa Robert McLaughlin Gallery p 30 Retrieved 23 July 2022 Jelinski Jamie Spring 2018 An Artist s View of Tattooing Aba Bayefsky and the Tattoo Scenes of Toronto and Yokohama 1978 86 Journal of Canadian Studies 52 2 451 480 doi 10 3138 jcs 2017 0062 r2 S2CID 150354531 via Project MUSE External links editAba Bayefsky at The Canadian Encyclopedia Profile from Archives Ontario Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aba Bayefsky amp oldid 1190930464, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
