Some time ago I stumbled over this forgotten austrian artist. Having been quite successful in his early years, he had a hard time during the nazi period because of his left wing convictions and also because of his partly jewish family. He even was sent to a concentration camp, but survived. In the years before his imprisonment he only managed to make a living by painting erotica and selling them to private collectors. I like to think that even if he had a shitty time then, at least, if his art was inspired by his personal life as I hope, he had some joys too.
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