1934 (ca.), Hans Ludwig Katz, Young Woman in a Wicker Chair -- Stadel Museum (Frankfurt)
From the museum label: The son of a Jewish father and a Protestant mother, Hanns Ludwig Katz was born in Karlsruhe, where he also began his art studies. From 1918, he took part in exhibitions, moved to Frankfurt in 1920 and achieved first successes. His career came to an abrupt halt during the Third Reich: Katz was persecuted by the National Socialists as a Jew and SocialistIn 1936, he fled to South Africa, where he died in poor circumstances. His works, being somewhere between Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit, were branded as 'degeneratein Germany and destroyed, as was a portrait acquired by the Städel in 1925. Since the purchase of Young Woman in a Wicker Chair in 2008, the artist is once again part of the museum's collection.
1934 (ca.), Hans Ludwig Katz, Young Woman in a Wicker Chair -- Stadel Museum (Frankfurt)
From the museum label: The son of a Jewish father and a Protestant mother, Hanns Ludwig Katz was born in Karlsruhe, where he also began his art studies. From 1918, he took part in exhibitions, moved to Frankfurt in 1920 and achieved first successes. His career came to an abrupt halt during the Third Reich: Katz was persecuted by the National Socialists as a Jew and SocialistIn 1936, he fled to South Africa, where he died in poor circumstances. His works, being somewhere between Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit, were branded as 'degeneratein Germany and destroyed, as was a portrait acquired by the Städel in 1925. Since the purchase of Young Woman in a Wicker Chair in 2008, the artist is once again part of the museum's collection.