Felix Nussbaum - Artist Info

About Felix Nussbaum

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    Felix Nussbaum (Osnabrück 1904 -Auschwitz 1944)

    The German painter Felix Nussbaum was born in Osnabrück in 1904. In 1922 he studied at the Hamburg State School of Applied Arts. In 1923 he attended the private Lewin-Funcke-School in Berlin. In 1924-25 he was a student of the Berlin School of Fine and Applied Arts and was master student of Hans Meid in 1928-29. As of 1929 he has a studio together with the Polish painter and later partner and wife Felka Platek.

    Felix Nussbaum received a scholarship for the Villa Massimo in Rome in 1932.

    With the National socialists taking over power in 1933, the political and cultural atmosphere in Germany underwent drastic changes. His Berlin studio was set on fire because of his Jewish b...

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