Intellectual Emigration
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Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr
Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr
Above: Arthur Kaufmann (1888–1971), Die geistige Emigration, 1939–1964, triptych, oil on hard fibre, 213 x 343 cm; source: Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011. Below: Arthur Kaufmann (1888–1971), Die geistige Emigration, key to persons and names; source: Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011.
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Arthur Kaufmann's triptych depicts some of the most celebrated German and Austrian émigrés, including Albert Einstein, Fritz Lang, Arnold Schönberg, Kurt Weill, Arnold Zweig and the brothers Thomas und Heinrich Mann. Kaufmann also added his own likeness to the group portrait.
Above: Arthur Kaufmann (1888–1971), Die geistige Emigration, 1939–1964, triptych, oil on hard fibre, 213 x 343 cm; source: Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011. Below: Arthur Kaufmann (1888–1971), Die geistige Emigration, key to persons and names; source: Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011.