Ernst Hassebrauk

Although his artistic beginnings were initially expressionist, Ernst Hassebrauk (1905-1974) devoted himself to the Dutch old masters after his internal immigration under the National Socialists. Hassebrauk did not allow himself to be hindered by more recent developments in his examination of the Dutch masters and the motifs they had influenced, such as still lifes. He succeeded in translating the baroque world of images and colors into the 20th century. (E.W., J.D.)