Background
He was born in Miedzyrzec Podlaski, Poland to a religious family.
He was born in Miedzyrzec Podlaski, Poland to a religious family.
Thirteen died of assorted childhood illnesses
Rynecki began drawing at an early age. According to family lore, he used to use chalk, or sometimes paint when he had some, to draw figures on the floor and walls of his home. He told him, "God gave me talent and I truly don"t believe in breaking that natural trend.
I simply have to do lieutenant
If He wouldn"t want me to paint, I wouldn"t have that tremendous urge and desire to immortalize on paper or canvas what I see. I simply am a writer of sorts, instead of words, I leave my messages in pictures.
I don"t feel to trespass the Bible"s saying about images."
Although Rynecki probably would have preferred to go straight to an art school, he first had to complete his Jewish education at a yeshiva. He did this, and then went on to a Russian middle school, which was a prerequisite to acceptance at the Warsaw Academy of Artist
His dates of attendance at the Warsaw Academy of Art are unknown.
At age 17, Moshe met Perla Mittelsbach, the daughter of a Warsaw family of some means. The store, which sold writing materials, books, and paintings supplies for artists, provided the family with an income. At about the same time, the store opened, Perla gave birth to a daughter.
About a year and a half later, she gave birth to a son, George.
After completing his formal education, Rynecki went on to paint that which he knew best. The community in which he lived.
Early in the Second World War Rynecki was forced into the Warsaw Ghetto. Although he had little access to painting materials in the Ghetto, he did continue to paint.
Only three paintings from this period of his life survived the Holocaust: "In the Shelter," "Forced Labor," and "Refugees."
In early 1943, Moshe was deported to Majdanek.
He died there, in the concentration camp.