Art, literature & historyFelix Nussbaum
1904–1944
Selected artwork
The Refugee
1939
Other names (2)
Félix Nussbaum, Felix Nußbaum
Biography
Felix Nussbaum (11 December 1904 – after 20 September 1944) was a German-Jewish surrealist painter. Nussbaum's paintings, including Self Portrait with Jewish Identity Card (1943) and Triumph of Death (1944), explore his experiences as a Jew during the Holocaust. His work is usually associated with the New Objectivity movement, and was influenced by the works of Giorgio de Chirico, Henri Rousseau, and Vincent van Gogh. He took refuge in Belgium after the Nazi rise to power, but was deported to Auschwitz along with his wife Felka Platek only a few months before the British liberation of Brussels on 3 September 1944.
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Influenced by
- Henri Rousseaueditorial inference
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The biography identifies Rousseau as an influence on Nussbaum's earlier work. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Vincent van Gogheditorial inference
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The biography identifies Van Gogh as an influence on Nussbaum's earlier work. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Carlo Carràeditorial inference
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The biography identifies Carlo Carrà as a later influence on Nussbaum. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Giorgio de Chiricoeditorial inference
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The biography identifies de Chirico as a later influence on Nussbaum. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
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