- Arthur Paunzen
Arthur Paunzen (born
4 February 1890 , died ?9 August 1940 ) was born infin de siecle Vienna where he studied withLudwig Koch . He also studied inFrance Academie Julian underJean Pierre Laurens and traveledItaly studying art and architecture which was very common for his time.Paunzen created a number of works that make bold symbolic attempts to convey music as images. For instance depicting
Beethoven ’sEroica (Third) Symphony as nude horse backed trumpeters in the sky surrounded by clouds flanked by a “stony faced” trumpeter who might very well be death. Also, his series based onGustav Mahler 's song cycle, the "Song of the Earth ” or the etchings he created forRaskolnikov .Many of his pieces were collected by the
British Museum , theStockholm Engraving Collection and theAlbertina Museum in Vienna.In 1938, as
Hitler rose to power, Paunzen moved toGreat Britain .Later life and death
Arthur Paunzen died on the 9th August 1940, in a
central internment camp , Douglas, Isle of Man. (In a panic measure, the British authorities interned all German and Austrian citizens in the country, including all those who were Jews fleeing Nazi oppression, in May 1940.) His death is described by his friend and fellow-internee, the composerHans Gál , in his internment diary ['Musik hinter Stacheldraht', Peter Lang, Bern, 2003, p. 103] . He died of severebronchial pneumonia , exacerbated, according to Gál's account, by neglect on the part of the authorities.References
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/642111/arthur-paunzen.html Artnet: Arthur Paunzen]
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