Facts: - imagesize: thumb - bgcolour: silver - training: bezalel beaux-arts academy of arts and design , Ecole des - caption: a portrait of the artist - field: painting - birth date: 12 august 1933 - name: samuel bak - image: file : samuel bak.jpg - birth place: wilno , poland Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of samuel bak .
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samuel bak -lrb- born 12 august 1933 -rrb- is a polish-jewish painter and writer who survived the holocaust and later settled in the united states .