Pearls | Felix Nussbaum | 1938 Edvard Munch The painting portrays the mutilated

The painting portrays the mutilated bodies of Johan and Cornelis de Witt hanging upside down

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while the sun

making it a powerful and personal piece in his body of work

Pearls | Felix Nussbaum | 1938 Edvard Munch The painting portrays the mutilatedAbout the artwork: Felix Nussbaum (19041944) was a German Jewish painter whose work vividly captures the fear, alienation, and anguish of living under Nazi persecution. His early artistic style, influenced by the Neue Sachlichkeit movement, shifted dramatically as the political landscape in Germany worsened. Forced into exile after Hitler's rise to power, Nussbaum's later works reflect his personal torment, particularly through self portraits that