Solomon Benedictovich Telingater collection

Solomon Benedictovich Telingater was a noted graphic artist. He was born on May 12, 1903 in Tblisi, Georgia to parents Benedict Rafaelovich Telingater and Sara Itzkovna Telingater (nee Mintzer). His family moved to Baku in 1910, where Solomon Benedictovich first learned to draw. In 1920 he finished art school in Azerbaijan, and later worked from 1921 to 1925 for the newspapers “Young Worker” and “Burden” in Baku. In 1926, Solomon moved to Moscow and began working in the publishing industry. From 1927 on, his artwork began showing up in international exhibits. His graphic artistry showed up in exhibits from New York to Paris. During World War II, Solomon created artwork to support the Soviet war effort and received the Order of the Red Star in recognition of this work. After the war, and for the remainder of his life, he continued producing artwork and participating in international exhibits. He received further awards and medals in recognition of his life work, and many of his works have been reproduced and published in books. Solomon Benedictovich Telingater died on October 1, 1969 in Moscow of a stroke.

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Instytut i︠u︡daïky (Judaica Institute), Kyiv, Ukraine.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Judaica Institute via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in June, 2009.