Eva Aldbrook 1925-2020
Portrait of Siegmund Nissel
pencil on paper
59 x 47.3 cm
2018-02
© Eva Aldbrook estate
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
Eva Aldbrook conjures up a profile likeness of the Austrian violinist Siegmund Nissel in a few bold confident lines. Nissel was a co-founder of the Amadeus Quartet, three of whose...
Eva Aldbrook conjures up a profile likeness of the Austrian violinist Siegmund Nissel in a few bold confident lines. Nissel was a co-founder of the Amadeus Quartet, three of whose members met during the mass internment of so-called 'enemy aliens' on the Isle of Man during the Second World War. The artist's father-in-law, Ernst Urbach, was also interned on the Isle of Man and afterwards introduced Aldbrook to her subject.
Provenance
presented by the artist 2018Exhibitions
Internment: In Memory of Eva AldbrookLiterature
'Finchleystrasse: German artists in exile in Great Britain and beyond 1933-45' (London: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum in association with the German Embassy London, 2018), p. 13.Be the first to know – Sign Up
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