Realm of Silence: Reflections on the Holocaust - Hardcover

De Baere, Elvire Coriat

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1882897978 ISBN 13: 9781882897971

Publisher: Lost Coast Press, 2009

Synopsis

2010 BAIPA Award Winner: Best Art Book. Realm of Silence approaches the most devastating event in modern history with tenderness and beauty. In her pairing of nine oil paintings and nine poems, Elvire Coriat de Baëre has created a series of reflections with which the eye and mind may engage gently, reflections that honor life and condemn barbarity in the most human ways. In her work, we find a recognition of the darkest realities of the Second World War, yet simultaneously an affirmation of spirit and compassion, artistry dedicated to the redemption of human grace and dignity. Ms. de Baëre has combined exquisite paintings with poignant verse, bringing new expression to the heretofore silent and unheard, and illuminating the emotional depths of the tortured souls of six million dead.

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About the Author:

ELVIRE CORIAT DE BAËRE was born in Casablanca, Morocco. She immigrated to the United States in 1956 and currently lives in Marin County, California. She received her formal training in the Old Masters technique with the late Troy Ruddick. Ms. de Baëre holds degrees in art as well as French and Spanish, and has studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. Numerous exhibitions of her work have been held in Paris, Montlhery, and the San Francisco Bay area. Her paintings have appeared in several publications, including Maison Française and the Artelano Design catalog in Paris, and her work was discussed in a feature article in J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California. Ms. de Baëre is one of twelve artists featured in the forthcoming book And the World Stood Silent: Sephardic Poetry of the Holocaust by Isaac Jack Lévy. In 2003 Ms. de Baëre was nominated for a Beryl H. Buck Award for Achievement.

Review:

Realm of Silence pairs painting and poetry to create a haunting, yet beautifully rendered narrative. We begin to go beyond seeing the photographs and knowing the facts to understanding some of what the Holocaust was about. --Erin M. Blankenship, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, Florida Holocaust Museum

The paintings are a study in subtlety: they're stark without being simplistic, evocative without being maudlin. And they portray the unimaginable horror and death of the Holocaust without actually displaying any of it. --Joe Eskenazi, staff writer J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California

Through only nine paintings and the accompanying poems, Elvire Coriat de Baëre skillfully portrays the horrors of the Holocaust from its inception to its closing stage. --Isaac Jack Lévy, author, And the World Stood Silent: Sephardic Poetry of the Holocaust

The paintings are a study in subtlety: they're stark without being simplistic, evocative without being maudlin. And they portray the unimaginable horror and death of the Holocaust without actually displaying any of it. --Joe Eskenazi, staff writer J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California

Through only nine paintings and the accompanying poems, Elvire Coriat de Baëre skillfully portrays the horrors of the Holocaust from its inception to its closing stage. --Isaac Jack Lévy, author, And the World Stood Silent: Sephardic Poetry of the Holocaust

About this edition

• Publisher: Lost Coast Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1882897978
• ISBN 13: 9781882897971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 30