Portrait, Every Picture tells a Story

[Jean-Loup]

"Are you being serious? If so, wow!!! "

No, sorry, it was a joke, that was what the winking smiley was for.

[Olivier V.]

Hi Münster,

it seems 2 paintings very similar to yours are featured in a exhibition called: "On the Other Side of the Torah: Wartime Portraits from Tübingen." in Kraków, Poland.
On this page you can see the 2 paintings and a bit of info, besides the obvious (re)use of Jewish art i really feel the painter's style matches yours and the painting of the women also clearly shows the frame has a similar construction.

It would be interesting to know why an army NCO was stationed around the slave labour camp for clearly an amount of time to have the painting completed.

In the article its stated as certain that the painting was done from pictures provided by the subject indicating this could not necessarily be an issue.
This also would make the location of the scene less relevant to the actual person depicted but still could prove usefull for determining the artist or atleast his or her location.

If, like Alan suggested earlier, the service records of the soldiers depicted can be traced it might indeed reveal interesting information. Maybe the museum knows something about the POW camp link or if they don't, they might be interested in/appreciate finding out, worth a shot.

Kind regards, Olivier.

[jmark]

No, sorry, it was a joke, that was what the winking smiley was for.

I thought you were joking, but just wanted to make sure.

[münster]

heh, you should have seen my face Jean.

I do not know where the portrait was made, all I know is it was done by a Polish Slave Laborer.

Iam no art expert but I would say the reverse painting looks maybe 20 or 30 years earlier then the German Noncom.

Ill try and put it on a forum dealing in art, it is probably nothing but I just want to be certain 100%.

[münster]

Hi Münster,

it seems 2 paintings very similar to yours are featured in a exhibition called: "On the Other Side of the Torah: Wartime Portraits from Tübingen." in Kraków, Poland.
On this page you can see the 2 paintings and a bit of info, besides the obvious (re)use of Jewish art i really feel the painter's style matches yours and the painting of the women also clearly shows the frame has a similar construction.



In the article its stated as certain that the painting was done from pictures provided by the subject indicating this could not necessarily be an issue.
This also would make the location of the scene less relevant to the actual person depicted but still could prove usefull for determining the artist or atleast his or her location.

If, like Alan suggested earlier, the service records of the soldiers depicted can be traced it might indeed reveal interesting information. Maybe the museum knows something about the POW camp link or if they don't, they might be interested in/appreciate finding out, worth a shot.

Kind regards, Olivier.

Thank You for the links Olivier, it is a good way to start for me.

I will contact the museum with the exhibit .

There is a simularity , at least to my untraind eye, with the portraits in the article. Also if you notice, the swastika is not painted in mine nor the ones in the article. Might be coincidence but I just notice it.

[randy@treadways]

Thank You for the links Olivier, it is a good way to start for me.
I will contact the museum with the exhibit .
There is a simularity , at least to my untraind eye, with the portraits in the article. Also if you notice, the swastika is not painted in mine nor the ones in the article. Might be coincidence but I just notice it.

Please keep us apprised of how your discussion with the museum goes.
Some of us are quite interested in how this unfolds. My guess is, they probably have resources who might be able to identify the scene in the background and pinpoint it to a specific camp. And of course they can also translate the words painted in the scene on the back.

[Olivier V.]

My pleasure münster, i thank you in turn for sharing it with us and hopefully you can, as you say in the title, find out more about the story it can tell.
Interested in the opinion of the likely more expierenced people from the museum aswell, good luck on your further research on this piece.

Kind regards, Olivier.

[LarryHW.]

Painting

My pleasure münster, i thank you in turn for sharing it with us and hopefully you can, as you say in the title, find out more about the story it can tell.
Interested in the opinion of the likely more expierenced people from the museum aswell, good luck on your further research on this piece.

Kind regards, Olivier.

It is very possible that if the artist of the newspaper painting can be indentified, many things will fall into place. This could get very interesting.