The Folly of the Popes

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The Folly of the Popes

Artist Fritz Eichenberg (American, 1901-1990)

Date1972

DimensionsOverall: 18 x 11 15/16 in. (45.7 x 30.3 cm)

MediumWood Engraving

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of The Ward M. Canaday Center, The University of Toledo

Object number

1983.28

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Label TextThe artist, Fritz Eichenberg, is best known for works concerning religion, social injustice, and nonviolence. He immigrated to the United States from Berlin in 1933. Although non-religious, his Jewish heritage and his criticism of the Nazis made life untenable in his native country. In this country he attained a strong reputation as an educator and author and book illustrator. His masterful wood engravings were used to illustrate books by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Poe, among others.