Maxa Nordau - Artist Info

About Maxa Nordau

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    Maxa Nordau (Hebrew: 10 January 1897 – 17 September 1993) was a French painter. She was from a Jewish family and was the daughter of Max Nordau, a prominent Zionist. She often travelled in the Middle East, and many of her paintings are portraits or nudes of Arab or Jewish women whom she met there.

    She was born on 10 January 1897. Her parents were Max Nordau (1849–1923) and Anna Dons-Kaufmann. Her father was a doctor, born in Pest, Hungary, who was associated with Theodor Herzl in creating the state of Israel. In 1892 he wrote Degeneration, in which he violently attacked what he saw as the degenerate art and literature of the time. Her mother, Anna Dons-Kauffman, was a widow with four children when she married Nordau. Maxa grew...

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