Sophie von Hellermann
Angel of the Dispossessed, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
210 x 150 cm
82 5/8 x 59 1/8 in
82 5/8 x 59 1/8 in
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This painting is a portrait of the Angel of the Dispossessed (2018) which is how Klaus Mann portrayed Annmarie Schwarzenbah in his novel The Volcano (1939) a literary chronicle on...
This painting is a portrait of the Angel of the Dispossessed (2018) which is how Klaus Mann portrayed Annmarie Schwarzenbah in his novel The Volcano (1939) a literary chronicle on displaced people in the 1930s. In the painting migrants appear in the waves below the angel. Annmarie was an androgynous figure, a journalist, photographer, and an intrepid traveler.