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The Fifth Horseman

On a sad note, Fritz Hirschberger died in San Francisco January 8, 2004.

Fritz Hirschberger - A Series of Sur-Rational Paintings


The Fifth Horseman
The Seduction of Germania
The Double Cross

The Yekkes
The Price For Silence
The Saint Louis Blues

The Abandonment of the Marranos
Birds Not of a Feather
The Last Family Outing

No Exit
Rumkowski
April 19th, 1943

Ein Deutsches Wiegenlied
The Fish Had No Legs
I.D. Card 13037

Arts and Crafts in the 3rd Reich
"SS" Gymnastics
Zegota

Der Totentanz
The Transmutations
Quo Vadis Germania?

Self-Portrait of the Artist with His Father		    


Checklist of Exhibit

All paintings are oil on canvas, except "Rumkowski" a 40 x 32 photo repro (original at Yad Vashem Jerusalem) , and "I.D. Card" a 32 x 40 photomontage. Dimensions are in inches. Hight preceding width.Titles and annotations were written by and are the opinion of the artist.

Front page - The Fifth Horseman 60 X 48
1) The Seduction of Germania 54 X 36
2) The Double Cross 36 X 36
3) The Yekkes 48 X 36
4) The Price for Silence 48 X 36
5) The Saint Louis Blues 54 X 36
6) The Abandonment of the Marranos 48 x 36
7) Birds not of a Feather 32 X 40
8) The last Family Outing 48 X 30
9) No Exit 48 X 30
10) Rumkowski 54 X 36
11) April 19th, 1943 47 X 36
12) Ein Deutsches Wiegenlied 54 X 36
13) The Fish had no Legs 48 X 36
14) I.D.CARD 13037 30 X 40
15) Arts and Crafts in the 3rd Reich 48 X 48
16) SS Gymnastics 48 X 36
17) Zegota 60 X 36
18) Der Totentanz 48 X 36
19) The Transmutations 60 X 36
20) Quo Vadis Germania 48 X 36

peopleAvailable, without fee, the traveling exhibit "INDIFFERENCE" a series of twenty Holocaust paintings by F. Hirschberger. Indifference has been shown in the USA from coast to coat, The Czech Republic and Germany, where posters of the paintings axe used to teach the Holocaust in German high schools. Also available free of charge for teachers, as long as the supply lasts, a set of two posters. For information  contact Ms. Jenny Sponberg, the Regis Foundation, 7201 Metro  Boulevard, Minneapolis Mn.55439. *Tel. 1 952  947 7777 * Fax 1 952 947 7900.

"THE FIFTH HORSEMAN" a traveling exhibit,is available without fee to responsible institutions. Contact the Holocaust Remembrance Foundation,Inc. 4053 26th Street, San Francisco Ca. 94131. *Fax 1 415 282 9724*

This exhibition has been seen internationally and is also available in as a catalogue, "Fritz Hirschberger: The Sur-Rational Paintings." $6.95 plus postage and handling. includes 40 color plates. For order, e-mail to chgs@umn.edu.

Fritz Hirschberger's art has been exhibited at the following sites:

University of Wisconsin-River Falls (1995)
University of Minnesota, Katherine E. Nash Gallery (2002)
Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
Elizabethtown College, PA. (1997)
Pittsburgh Holocaust Center (2000)
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA. (1998)
Calvin College, Michigan (2003)
Anne Frank in the World Exhibition, Provo, Utah Historic County Courthouse
Sonoma State University, California (1989)
The Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca (1989)
The Judah Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA (1990)
University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA (1991)
University of Oregon, Eugene (1992)
Northern California Holocaust Center, San Francisco, CA (1993)
Bakersfield College, CA. (1994(
Czech National Ghetto Museum Terezin, Czech republic (1995)
Kulturrathaus, Dresden, Germany Sponsored by ther City of Dresden and the
Catholic and Lutheran Churches (1995)
St Could State University, MN (1996)
Kreuzschule, Dresden Germany-poster exhibition based on paintings (1997)
High School in Radebeul, Saxony, Poster exhibition (1997)
Jewish Community Center, Omaha, NE (1997)
Jewish Museum, St. Louis (1997)
Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA. (1998)
Luther College, Iowa (1998)
Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY (1998)
Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio (1999)