EXHIBITION – The hope of colors, art that bridges generations

26 etchings and aquatints by the artist Eva Fischer (1920-2015) are now on display at the Civic Museum of Livorno. A painter appreciated by Giorgio De Chirico, Salvador Dalí and Pablo Picasso, Eva Fischer was one of the protagonists of the Roman and Italian artistic scene. Her father was the Chief Rabbi of Belgrade (Serbia) and was deported by the Nazis along with more than thirty members of her family. She was interned with her mother and her younger brother in a prison camp and later moved to Italy, where she joined the Resistance. A significant part of her work is dedicated to memory, also as hope and awareness. The exhibition in Livorno, which opened on February 18 and runs through March 9, focuses on this approach, and features artistic creations developed by students from the Giovanni Bartolena Comprehensive Institute. “We involved about 400 students, from kindergarten to high school,” explained Monica Leonetti Cuzzocrea, a religion teacher active in the interreligious dialogue and one of the creators of the project, which is supported by the Municipality, the Jewish Community, and the Livorno branch of Adei WIZO.
“This initiative is part of a three-year project dedicated to art and the Shoah. The idea was born during a lecture given by the artist’s son, Alan David Baumann, at a university workshop in Florence coordinated by Professor Silvia Guetta.” Inspired by Eva Fischer’s works, said Cuzzocrea, the students worked out their reactions, starting from their senses – seeing, hearing, smelling. The resulting works are very diverse and reflect different emotions and sensibilities.