Margot S. Neuhaus

Margot S. Neuhaus was born in Mexico, after her parents fled Poland in 1943, having lost most of their family. She subsequently lived in Brazil and currently lives in the United States, making artwork full-time, working in wood, stone, paper, canvas and photography. After working for years on abstract paintings related to the Holocaust, she realized that what she was depicting were the feelings she picked up from her traumatized parents, who were mostly silent about their past. Painting has been a way of understanding and healing from that difficult history. margotneuhaus.com




2011 Arches paper 30x 62” In Memoriam.
& 2011 Arches paper 218x 30” In Memoriam.

Both works are part of the series In Memoriam.  While making a personal journal with paints and paper, I realized that as a child of Holocaust survivors, I was painting my parents' unspeakable feelings.  This then became the series "In Memoriam",  to honor the victims of the Holocaust, including most of my family.