| prop-fr:texteOriginal
|
- The Nazis considered such art to be decadent and later attempted to suppress it. King went to see the artist Käthe Kollwitz , whose work she admired. Kollwitz’ advice to King about a career in art was “Don’t do it if you can help it. It is so difficult”. Nevertheless, King did go on. She said: “I haven’t regretted it. I agree with her, it’s difficult.”
King found a teacher, Hermann Nonnenmacher , a wood-carver influenced by Ernst Barlach, who taught her the basic skills of wood-carving and modelling in clay. King worked with him until she was accepted into the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts in 1937, when she was 21, one of only three non-Aryan students there . She was forced to leave about a year later, not long before Kristallnacht . While she was there, she supported herself by undertaking commercial work for the sculptor, Otto Hitzberger , who was on the staff there.
King finally got out of Germany in 1939, with the help of German friends. One helped her get a visa for England. Another warned her that he had received his mobilisation papers and that she should leave as soon as possible. She spent about a year in domestic service with families in southern England. She found England far more old-fashioned and conservative than the Berlin she had come from. This was quite a shock. (fr)
- The Nazis considered such art to be decadent and later attempted to suppress it. King went to see the artist Käthe Kollwitz , whose work she admired. Kollwitz’ advice to King about a career in art was “Don’t do it if you can help it. It is so difficult”. Nevertheless, King did go on. She said: “I haven’t regretted it. I agree with her, it’s difficult.”
King found a teacher, Hermann Nonnenmacher , a wood-carver influenced by Ernst Barlach, who taught her the basic skills of wood-carving and modelling in clay. King worked with him until she was accepted into the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts in 1937, when she was 21, one of only three non-Aryan students there . She was forced to leave about a year later, not long before Kristallnacht . While she was there, she supported herself by undertaking commercial work for the sculptor, Otto Hitzberger , who was on the staff there.
King finally got out of Germany in 1939, with the help of German friends. One helped her get a visa for England. Another warned her that he had received his mobilisation papers and that she should leave as soon as possible. She spent about a year in domestic service with families in southern England. She found England far more old-fashioned and conservative than the Berlin she had come from. This was quite a shock. (fr)
|
