Culture


Educating the Next Generation


Holocaust survivor used presidential paintings to unite America.


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EINSTEIN OF ART Morris Katz invented “Instant Art” and achieved Guinness World Records for fastest painter and most prolific artist, surpassing Picasso.


T BY MARISA HERMAN


he late polish-american artist Morris Katz may have won two Guinness World Records, invented a new


form of art, and been commissioned to paint a portrait of Pope Paul VI, but those entrusted with spreading one of his most famous collections of


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work say one of Katz’s primary aims was educating people and bringing a smile to their faces. After surviving the Holocaust,


Katz came to the U.S., where he used his immense artistic talents to show his patriotism for the country with his Presidential Collection. Now, the Morris Katz Founda-


tion, which was founded by the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Com- merce, is hoping to integrate Katz’s Presidential Collection into class- rooms nationwide as a way to cel- ebrate Presidents Day — and teach young people about the Holocaust. Duvi Honig, founder and CEO


of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce, said the goal is to use Katz’s Presidential Collection to help “unite America” and “educate the next generation.” While Katz earned a reputation as


the world’s fastest painter and even broke Pablo Picasso’s record as the world’s most prolifi c artist at the Art Students League in New York City, one of his most signifi cant, prized


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