Gino Parin: A Complicated Life in Complicated Times

  • Self-portrait

  • Cristo (by Gino Parin)

  • Trieste

  • Gino Parin “Stolperstein” Memorial in Trieste

  • Exhibit View

This virtual exhibit is based on a 2023 show created by the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University (NAU). You can view the virtual version of that show here.

Gino Parin was an artist who lived and worked in Trieste, Italy for much of his life. As a Jewish-born Catholic convert with dual Swiss and Italian citizenship, Gino perished in a Nazi concentration camp in 1944.

The paintings and drawings featured in this exhibit are from the collection of Necki Springer, a family friend of Parin’s who immigrated to the United States and eventually settled in Cottonwood, Arizona.

We invite you to explore and reflect on his complicated life in complicated times.

Enter the Exhibit