Max Wechsler (Berlin, 1925 – Paris, 2020) lived as a Jewish child refugee in France from 1939, having fled Nazism, and from that moment developed a heightened awareness of language as a boundary. A self-taught artist and graphic designer recognized late in life, he developed his practice on the margins of dominant circuits. Nonetheless, his work has been embraced by institutions such as the Centre Pompidou, the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme, and the Berlinische Galerie. Wechsler's work has been recognized for its distinctive visual exploration of language and memory, contributing a unique perspective to the art of the late twentieth century.