Oleksii Kradetskyi

Expulsion of Jewish from Uzhgorod

oil on canvas

30″ × 36″

2018

In the forties of the last century, the Jews of the city of Uzhgorod were forced to leave their homes because someone decided to destroy them. The picture was painted in 2018, and 4 years later my family was forced to leave the country because of the war… I really want people to love each other.

Oleksii Kradetskyi

Boston 1948 – 2024. Rivka, Naka, Joel

Inspired by: Jules Aarons, West End Meat Market

oil on canvas

24” x 30”

2024

A 1950s urban renewal project razed a large Italian and Jewish enclave and displaced over 20,000 people in order to redevelop much of the West End