Portrait of Hans Keller by Hugo Dachinger
Date made: 1940
Artist: Dachinger, Hugo
Description: Portrait of Hans Keller from Mooragh Internment Camp by artist Hugo Dachinger. Three-quarter portrait of a man with beard holding a violin under his chin and holding the bow in his right hand. Inscription top left. Hans Keller (1919-1985) was a Jewish Austrian-born musician, who fled to Britain in 1938. He went onto to have a very successful music career in Britain. He was interned on the Isle of Man from 1940-41.
Measurements: overall: 38.5 x 50 cm
Materials: Pencil on wallpaper
Object name: Drawing
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 2002-0107
Subject tags : #WW2INTERNMENTMUSEUMCOLLECTIONS