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Artur Szyk was fascinated by America even
Declaration of Independence. However, he never
before the war. He believed that the United States
is the only guarantor of peace and democracy in
turned his back on people's suffering. In the
United States, he always took the side of the
the modern world. From the end of 1940, he lived prepared an illuminated text of the American 3 37 BIOGRAPHY
permanently in New York, then in New Canaan, persecuted black population, he also saw the
Connecticut. He became a U.S. citizen in 1948. absence of indigenous inhabitants of the land, the
Two years later – on July 4th, 1950 – the artist Native Americans in politics and social life.

Declaration of Independence of the United States, New Canaan 1950