On the Jewish Fields of the Ukraina

Ryback had once described the “national element” of the Jewish artist as preferring deep, dark tones; “Whenever color is bright the Jewish artist turns it down.” Following his sojourn among the Jewish Kolkozes, Ryback found the means to reverse his theories (viz. introduction): “To me, who grew up in the Pale amid the wan, worn out faces; the healthy, sunburnt, wind beaten men and women were a perfect joy, and indeed revealed to me new colors.”