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...Caught by the German invasion of The Netherlands, but still working in his Amsterdam studio, was Max Beckmann, an "Aryan" expressionist regarded by many, before Hitler, as Germany's No. 1 painter. In London, Austrian Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka was trying to find a boat that would take...
Among Emil Nolde's fellow German "degenerates," Oskar Kokoschka escaped to London, Satirist George Grosz settled and calmed down in the U. S., Ernst Kirchner died of tuberculosis in exile. Karl Hofer, onetime Carnegie International prize winner is still in Germany, has been forbidden to paint. Artist Nolde, now 73, is still in Germany too. But he gets along very well. He is a Nazi Party member. Although he is officially banned, he paints what he likes, sells it while Nazis look the other way. Reason: Hermann Göring collects Nolde paintings...
...Hitler's esthetic creed. But the casualties of war and poverty were dwarfed by the exiles represented: Abstractionist Paul Klee, Satirist George Grosz, Lyonel Feininger, who became a champion bicycle racer before he became one of the leading German cubists. For the London show, Austrian-born Oskar Kokoschka sent a wry Self-Portrait of a Degenerate Artist. A second canvas arrived in four pieces, hacked by Vienna police when Nazis seized Austria. Symbolizing the end of a chapter in German art more poignantly than any exhibition, Founder Ernst Kirchner died of tuberculosis in Davos, Switzerland, as the London Exhibition...
...Spain fortnight ago a bull killed a man with a sword (TIME, Sept. 22). In Czechoslovakia, last week, a corpse shot a man with a pistol. Explanation: In the village of Bruex one Wenzel Kokoschka grew tired of life, blew out his brains with one bullet from a seven-shot repeater, lay on his face unnoticed for several hours. In due time the corpse was discovered...
Inspector Joseph Marcs of the local police came to examine the body. The pistol was still clutched in Wenzel Kokoschka's hand. As the inspector bent to turn the corpse over, rigor mortis caused the corpse's fingers to contract. Corpse Wenzel shot Inspector Joseph through the stomach...