Chaim Goldberg (March 20, 1917 - June 26, 2004) is a Jewish artist, painter, sculptor, and engraver, who is best known for being a chronicler of Jewish life in the small Polish village of Shtetl where he was born, through his life-like depictions of its colorful characters. March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ... An Italian Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA). ... Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. ... Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica) is historical account of facts and events in chronological order. ... A shtetl or shtetele (Yiddish: , diminutive form of Yiddish shtot, town) was typically a small town or village with a large Jewish population in pre-Holocaust Central and Eastern Europe. ...

After his drawings were discovered on the walls of his father's shoemaker workshop in 1931, wealthy patrons who recognized his great talent, sponsored his education at the "Krakow High School for Fine Arts", and later at the "Academy of Fine Arts" in Warsaw, where he was the youngest student to enter the prestigious school. World War II interrupted his development, and he became a refugee in Siberia. After the war, he was baled to emigrate to Israel, where his creative efforts finally got under way. Shoemaking is a traditional handicraft profession, which has now been largely superseded by industrial manufacture of footwear. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... This article needs cleanup. ... Warsaw (Polish: , (?), in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... Siberia is also an album by Echo & The Bunnymen. ...

In 1967, Goldberg arrived in the United States, and continued to paint, and create line engravings of his village characters, as well as sculpt. He became a citizen of the United States in 1973. In 1975, inspired by the "Emmet Kelly Jr. Circus", his interests widened, and he began a series of work on the "Circus" (the "dance" theme, and a passioned response to the culture shock that he found himself confronted with, by living in New York, 'the great human jungle,' as he called it). 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Culture shock is a term used to describe the anxiety and feelings (of surprise, disorientation, confusion, etc. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Largest city Albany New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...

His dance sculpture, carved in wood, and created in aggregate concrete is a testament to an artist who had been able to escape the stereotyping of a Jewish artist. His "Culture Shock" series exemplifies his talent to make visual commentaries in freehand drawings on subjects that have filled volumes of books. Placing a concrete floor for a commercial building. ...

In 1997, at the age of 80, despite a very active lifestyle filled with daily exercise, and amidst his greatest drive to paint a series of large oil paintings about life before World War II, he was diagnosed with a disabling illness, to which he finally succumbed seven painful and suffering-filled years. He died in 2004 in Boca Raton, Florida. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mona Lisa, Oil on wood panel painting by Leonardo da Vinci La Donna Velata, painted in 1516, Oil on wood panel painting by Raphael Oil painting is done on surfaces with pigment ground into a medium of oil — especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. ... Boca Raton is a city located in Palm Beach County, Florida. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Tallahassee Jacksonville Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 22nd 65,794 sq mi  170,451 km² 162 miles  260 km 497 miles  800 km 17. ...