Gift
of
W.
Hallam
Webber
&
Mrs.
Alexandra
Szyk
Bracie
Masterpieces
of
Illuminated
Americana
by
Arthur
Szyk
Declaration
of
Independence
of
United
States
Bill
of
Rights
&
Four
Freedoms
Prayer
The
Library
has
received
as
recent
Gifts
to
the
Nation
three
of
the
most
important
original
works
created
by
Polish
American
illustrator
Arthur
Szyk
(1894-1951).
Szyk
came
to
international
prominence
during
World
War
II
when
he
produced
hundreds
of
anti-Axis
illustrations
and
cartoons
in
aid
of
the
Allied
war
effort.
Throughout
his
career
he
created
art
in
the
service
of
human
rights
and
civil
liberties;
in
his
native
Poland,
in
Paris
where
he
was
trained
during
the
1920s,
and
in
America,
the
country
he
adopted
in
1941,
saying,
"At
last,
I
have
found
the
home
I
have
always
searched
for.
Here
I
can
speak
of
what
my
soul
feels.
There
is
no
other
place
on
earth
that
gives
one
the
freedom,
liberty
and
justice
that
America
does."
