Heddy Kun
Heddy Kun | |
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| Born | 1936 |
| Nationality | Croat, Israeli |
Heddy Kun is an Israeli painter.[1]
Kun was born in Zagreb in 1936. She lost her parents and younger brother, Eliezer, during the Holocaust. They were all killed in the gas chambers in Auschwitz. She escaped from the Nazis and hid in Budapest with her grandmother and her older brother, Shalom. After studying in the Budapest Academy of Art, she emigrated to Israel in 1956.[2] Kun has had many exhibitions in Israel[1] and in New York, and also in London, Budapest, Sydney, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Toronto, Rome and Brussels.[3] Her son is the Israeli-American painter Shay Kun.[4]
References
- ^ a b Sue Fishkoff (1996-10-10). "Hungarian exhibit opens in Tel Aviv". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ^ "Heddy Kun Biography". www.heddykun.co.il. Archived from the original on 2013-01-08. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
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- ^ Tylevich, Katya (2012). "Holocaust Toys" (PDF). Elephant Magazine (11): 36–40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-25.
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