Excerpt from "GEPPO - DER STADTBOTE" - Edition 07, Volume 5 – Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Treasures of the Göppingen Museums
A Portrait of the Rabbi Dr. Tänzer in the Jewish Museum GP-Jebenhausen
Rabbi Dr. Aron Tänzer - Stations of his LifeAs announced, Frank V. Szasz visited Göppingen and gave his gift of the portrait of his father to the city hall. In 1982 he painted his grandfather in oil on the basis of childhood memories. During his visit, Szasz was informed of the planned exhibition that was to be installed in the former church of Jebenhausen. Naturally, the artist was delighted by the news, that his work was to be integrated into the concept of the exhibition and would be shown in the museum. When the Jewish Museum opened in 1992, the promise was redeemed.
The portrait painted with oil on canvas has the measurements of 50X40 centimeters. It shows us the Göppingen Rabbi at sixty.
Frank V. Szasz, born 1926 in Budapest, emigrated in 1957 to the United States of America. There he developed into an acclaimed portrait artist who painted significant personalities of his time— heads of states, presidents, and the Pope. On March 10, 1995, Frank V. Szasz died at 69 years in Kansas City.
Archiv und Museen: Dr. Karl-Heinz Rueß.
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