Od prstena do slike: jevrejska zajednica u Šidu kroz prizmu arheologije, istorije i istorije umetnosti

Abstract

„Muzej naivne umetnosti „Ilijanum“ Šid osnovan je kao legat Ilije Bašičevića Bosilja, samoukog slikara svetske slave. Ilija Bosilj je poklonio Šidu legat od 338 umetničkih dela, od čega je 287 slika samog darodavca i 51 delo drugih naivnih i marginalnih umetnika iz Srbije i sveta. „Ilijanum“ predstavlja jedinstvenu oazu naivne i marginalne umetnosti, a svetski značaj samo darodavca - britanski umetnički časopis Raw Vision Magazine svrstao je Iliju Bosilja među pedeset klasika svetske samouke umetnosti - čini muzej jednom od najznačajnijih ustanova kulture u Srbiji. Muzej je prema želji darodavca smešten u kući jevrejske porodice Vinterštajn koja je stradala u Holokaustu, a u čijem je dvorištu do 1942. godine bila i sinagoga. To je jedan od razloga zbog kojeg smo odlučili da se u ovogodišnju manifestaciju Dani evropske baštine uključimo odajući počast našim „domaćinima“ Vinterštajnovima, kao i celoj zajednici kojoj su oni pripadali. Jevreji su u Šidu zabeleženi već petnaest godina nakon prvog pomena samog grada i od tog momenta, pa sve do užasa Holokausta, ova mala, ali izuzetno progresivna zajednica je ravnopravno učestvovala u razvoju i izgradnji našeg grada. Činjenica da se 2021. godine navršilo tri stotine godina od prvog pomena Jevreja u Šidu, predstavlja drugi razlog i povod da kao temu ovogodišnje manifestacije uzmemo kontinuitet ove zajednice u našem mestu…”

The "Ilijanum" Museum of Naive Art, Šid, was founded as a legacy of Ilija Bašičević Bosilj, a world-famous self-taught painter. Ilija Bosilj gifted Šid 338 works of art, of which 287 are paintings by the donor himself and 51 are works by other naive and marginal artists from Serbia and the world. "Ilijanum" represents a unique oasis of naive and marginal art, and the world importance of the donor - the British art magazine "Raw Vision Magazine" ranked Ilija Bosilj among the fifty classics of the world's self-taught art - makes the museum one of the most important cultural institutions in Serbia. According to the wish of the donor, the museum is housed in the house of the Jewish family Winterstein, who perished in the Holocaust, and in whose yard there was a synagogue until 1942. This is one of the reasons why we decided to participate in this year's European Heritage Days event by honouring our "hosts" the Wintersteins, as well as the entire community to which they belonged. Jews were recorded in Šid fifteen years already after the first mention of the city, and from that moment until the horrors of the Holocaust, this small but extremely progressive community participated equally in the development and construction of our city. The fact that 2021 was three hundred years since the Jews first mentioned in Šid, is another reason and occasion to represent the continuity of this community in our place as the theme of this year's event..."