HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA presents “Jack Boul: REFLECTIONS OF A POSTWAR
EUROPE,” an EXHIBIT OF AMERICAN ARTIST BOUL’s work reflecting his
personal experiences confronted with the horrors of World War II. The
EXHIBIT OPENS OCT. 1 and runs through the end of November.
“Jack Boul: Reflections of a Postwar Europe” explores a range of
emotional reactions to witnessing the consequences of the
inconceivable brutality and suffering that occurred during the
Holocaust. The works by Boul capture both the loss and desperation as
well as the unbelievable survival and resilience that was often too
difficult to express in words.
Jack Boul was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1945 and stationed at a
German Prisoner of War camp near Pisa, Italy. German POWs denied the
mounting evidence of the Holocaust to Boul, greatly upsetting him.
After the war, Boul studied at the Cornish School of Art and then
American University, where he went on to become a professor of art. He
began exhibiting his work in 1951 in both group and solo shows. Works
by Boul have been acquired by the National Gallery of Art and the
Phillips Collection. His paintings, sculptures and monoprints have
also been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art; the Baltimore
Museum of Art; and the Mint Museum of Charlotte, North Carolina. For
70 years, Boul has been one of the premiere artists in the Washington,
D.C., area, employing his exceptional talents in both painting and
monotype to convey a deeply poetic sensibility.
The graphic and horrific images of the Holocaust have stayed with him
throughout his life. After he studied the official World War II
photographs at the National Archives, Boul created this Holocaust
series. The collection was first shown at Washington’s Corcoran
Gallery of Art in 2000 and later donated to Holocaust Museum LA.
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