YONIA FAIN

FAIN--Yonia. Hofstra University is deeply saddened by the passing of Yonia Fain, associate professor emeritus of art history. An internationally acclaimed artist and poet, Mr. Fain employed powerful visual imagery in his canvases and works on paper to pay tribute to the memories of those lost during the Holocaust. Born in the Ukraine in 1913, his family fled Bolshevik Russia. He outran Nazi troops in Poland, survived the Shanghai Ghetto of World War II, and after the war made his way to Mexico where he was befriended by the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. Mr. Fain arrived in the U.S. in 1953 and was in a number of Whitney annuals and one-man shows. Mr. Fain served on the faculty of Hofstra University's Department of Fine Arts, Design and Art History from 1971-1985. In 2012 Mr. Fain attended the opening of the Hofstra University Museum exhibition in his honor, Yonia Fain: Remembrance. In tribute to the memory of Mr. Fain, all Hofstra University flags are lowered to half-staff. Janis M. Meyer Chair, Board of Trustees Stuart Rabinowitz President