The village on fire
1940
- Medium
- oil on composition board
- Measurements
- 52.8 × 71.0 cm
- Inscription
- inscribed in grey paint l.l.: J. BerGner.
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: 53 x 70 / Yosl Bergner / "(The village on fire in Yiddish)" / "DOS SHTETEL BRENT" / THE VILLAGE ON FIRE" /1940 - Accession Number
- A5-1985
- Department
- Australian Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Yosl Bergner, Founder Benefactor, 1985
© Estate of the artist
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
- History and Legend Human Figures Violence
- Subjects (specific)
- buildings (structures) children (people by age group) darkness fires (events) men (male humans) refugees suffering villages
- Movements
- Angry Penguins
