Spiro, Eugen, 1874-1972

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Painter, etcher, lithographer, teacher and illustrator; New York City. First name also given as Eugene.

From the description of Eugen Spiro poster, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557327

Biographical note: German emigre artist.

Eugen Spiro was born in Breslau, Lower Silesia, Germany, and studied at the Munich Academy of Art under the painter Franz von Stuck. He lived and painted in Paris, 1906-14, and Berlin, 1914-34. As a Jewish artist whose portraits were classified "degenerate" by the Nazis, he immigrated to France in 1935 and was interned in the French concentration camp at Gurs. He immigrated to New York City in 1941, where he became an independent teacher and artist. He painted portraits of Thomas Mann, Albert Einstein, and many other famous people both in Europe and the United States.

From the description of Eugen Spiro papers, 1949-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122453004

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creatorOf Spiro, Eugen, 1874-1972. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Spiro, Eugen, 1874-1972. [Eugen Spiro : artist file] Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives, DIA Research Library & Archives
creatorOf Spiro, Eugen, 1874-1972. Correspondence to Franz Werfel, 1943. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Spiro, Eugen, 1874-1972. Eugen Spiro papers, 1949-1972. University at Albany, University Libraries
creatorOf Spiro, Eugen, 1874-1972. Eugen Spiro : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
referencedIn Spiro, Eugen, 1874-1972 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Eugen Spiro poster Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives. corporateBody
associatedWith Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. person
associatedWith Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. person
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Spiro, Lilli. person
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United States
France
France--Gurs
New York (State)--New York
Germany
Berlin (Germany)
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Art, American
Art
Artists
Concentration camps
Germans
Lithographers
Painters
Portrait painting, German
World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1874-04-18

Death 1972-09-26

Germans

English,

German

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