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Maryan S. Maryan is the nickname of Pinhas Shimon Bornstein, an Israeli, born Poland, active in Israel, France and the United States, 1927-1977

Pinchas Burstein was born in Nowy Sacz, Poland, in 1927. His parents were Avraham Schindel, who was a baker, and Gittel Bornstein. Already in his childhood he began to work in art. During World War II, Bornstein was sent with his family, which did not survive, to various ghettos and labor camps. In 1944 he was sent to Auschwitz, where he lost one of his legs. At the age of 12 he was taken to the death camp in Auschwitz. In 1947 he immigrated to Eretz Israel with the Youth Aliya, but was sent to a moshav of elderly immigrants because of his disability. After about a year and a half, with the help of art critic Miriam Tal, Bornstein moved to Jerusalem, where he studied with a scholarship at the New Bezalel for about two years. In 1950 he emigrated to Paris, France. There, he studied lithograph and painting at the Bazaar. At that time he adopted the name "Maryan", borrowed from his friend Maryan (Marinell). In 1961 he emigrated to New York, the United States, where he officially changed his name to "Maryan S. Maryan". Maryan's main work was in painting and printing. In addition to his experiences in the Holocaust, his works included images of characters influenced by surrealism and expressionism.

Education

1947-49 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem
1950 Academy of Fine Arts, Paris, France

Awards And Prizes

1947-49, Scholarship Fund for a young artist, Bezalel Art School, Jerusalem, Israel, with the help of Artist Miriam Tal
1962 Prize for Art and Literature, French Government, Paris, France