"Selbtsbildnis mit Judenpass"

[NNadir]

Felix Naussbaum, German. B. 1904 D. (Auschwitz, Poland) 1944.

"Selbtsbildnis mit Judenpass" (Self-Portrait with Jewish Pass) 1943

[Aristus]

1. Excellent portrait. Very haunting.

He was German, but his passcard says "Juif" which is French for 'Jew', and "Jood", which is Dutch. So where was he living when he painted this?

[NNadir]

3. In Germany. This work, and all of his work, more or less, except for some at the

Neue Galerie in New York, is exhibited at the Felix-Nussbaum-Haus in the museum at Osnabrück in modern day Germany, where Nussbaum was born.

Osnabruck is in Saxony, in what used to be the GDR.

Interestingly, the Neue Galerie was founded by Ronald Lauder, son of Estee Lauder, the cosmetics tycoon, from his own private collection. Lauder was prominent in recovering art works stolen by the Nazis and restoring them to the families of the dead.

Some of those works, including Gustav Klimt's Adele-Bloch-Bauer I were later donated to the Neue Gallerie.

It's a fascinating story.

[NNadir]

5. Correction. Nussbaum was imprisoned in France, and was a refugee from Germany in Belgium

when initially he was arrested.

He escaped from one concentration camp, and was hidden by friends, then re-arrested and deported to Auschwitz.

His entire family was exterminated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Nussbaum

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear NNadir...

Ah, I've missed your posts of great pictures...

And how stark and amazing is this one. I see he died in Auschwitz...that must have been terrifying.

I cannot even imagine.

So much intelligence in his face...

Ironic that his name means happy, or maybe happiness.

Thank you for this, sweetie...

[NNadir]

4. You're welcome Peg, although this might be the most terrible painting I've ever posted.

It scares me to death.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I hear that...

It is terrifying.

We think it's history, that it could never happen again...

But it could.

:hug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. ~

:kick: