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New Additions to Ave Maria University/Permanent Collection

Katzeff

Pictured from left to right during the gift acceptance: Jennifer Nodes, Rare Books and Special Collections Librarian; Mr. Bernard Katzeff, Artist; and Mr. Nicholas Healy, Ave Maria University President. 

Ave Maria University recently received a gift of three paintings entitled, The Crosses of Ave Maria, (I-II-III) from Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Katzeff on March 24, 2008.   Mr .Katzeff, inspired by viewing the Sefer Torah Scroll on display in the Canizaro Library, created the paintings to represent the Cross of Christ and a bishop's miter.

Mr. Katzeff was born in Brussels, Belgium to Jewish deaf parents and spent much of his childhood in hiding during World War II.  He therefore sees art as a form of cultural expression and communication having spent many of his childhood years in silence. 

The paintings are part of the Ave Maria University permanent collection and are on view on the first floor of the Canizaro Library.