Roelof Paul Citroen was a German-born Dutch artist, art educator and co-founder of the New Art Academy in Amsterdam.
12 Facts About Paul Citroen
2.
Paul Citroen's father owned a fur shop and passed away in Berlin just before the onset of Nazi Germany while his mother died due to illness at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
3.
At an early age, Paul Citroen began drawing, provoking strong support from his parents.
4.
Paul Citroen soon started to experiment with photography with Erwin Blumenfeld and studied art in Berlin.
5.
Paul Citroen's Metropolis influenced Fritz Lang to make his classic film Metropolis.
6.
Between 1929 and 1935, Paul Citroen made many photographs, clearly influenced by his work with Blumenfeld.
7.
Paul Citroen's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Related searches
Fritz Lang 8.
Paul Citroen soon started up the Nieuwe Kunstschool with Charles Roelofsz.
9.
That year, Paul Citroen became a scholar at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague.
10.
When Paul Citroen was warned that he was due to be arrested on August 28,1942, he fled to Maria Helena Friedlaender, a German woman, wife of Henri Friedlaender.
11.
Paul Citroen hid him with other fugitives in the attic of her house in Wassenaar, South Holland, for several months.
12.
Paul Citroen painted portraits of famous Dutch people, including a well-known portrait of Liesbeth List in 1979.