FELIX NUSSBAUM "The Refugee" painting canvas not oil printed on canvas
FELIX NUSSBAUM (1904 – 1944)
Ready to be hang on the wall. Canvas on the wooden underframe.
Medium: printed on canvas panel
Diagonal: 19,7" or 50 cm.
Size: 15,7" x 11,8" (in) or 55 x 45 cm.
Date: c. 1939. w / C. of Attribution.
Please note that this is a reproduction printed on canvas.
The size may differ from how it looks in the photo.
Color can be slightly different from the picture.
Felix Nussbaum was
a German-Jewish surrealist painter. Nussbaum’s work gives a rare glimpse into
the essence of one person among the victims of the Holocaust. Nussbaum was a
lifelong student, beginning his formal studies in 1920 in Hamburg and Berlin,
and continuing as long as the contemporary political situation allowed him. In
his earlier works, Nussbaum was heavily influenced by Vincent van Gogh and
Henri Rousseau and he eventually paid homage to Giorgio de Chirico and Carlo
Carrà as well. Karl Hofer’s expressionist painting influenced Felix’s careful
approach to color. From 1930 to 1940 of Nussbaum's life was characterised by
fear, which is reflected in his artwork. This period Felix spend in exile,
mostly in Belgium, a period of emotional and artistic isolation for him but
also one of the most artistically productive times in his life. After Nazi
Germany attacked Belgium in 1940, Nussbaum hid from the authorities for several
years. He lived an underground illegal life. In 1944 Felix Nussbaum and his
wife were arrested. On August 2 they arrived at Auschwitz, and a week later
Felix was murdered at the age of 39.
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