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Prison Camp Book , Ksar-es-Souk , 1944 – 1947
Because of its stylistic diversity, Heinz Zantis’ album is one of the most interesting examples of prison camp books in the collection . It was executed in the manner of a poetry album. Zantis was imprisoned in a special camp of the French government-in-exile for German non-commissioned officers in Ksar-es-Souk in Morocco from 1944 to […]
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Van Goghs Favorites IV: Paul Renouard, the Zola of Drawing
“There is life in every little pencil stroke.” Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh Nuenen, 4 or 5 May 1885 “When I think how he rose to such a height by working from the very beginning from nature, without imitating others, and how he is none the less in harmony with the […]