Hans Feibusch

Hans Feibusch

(b. 1898 Frankfurt, Germany – immigrated to Great Britain 1933 – d. 1998 London, England)

The Dance, c. 1950 Gouache on paper 48.5 x 75 cm Signed (verso) ‘Hans Feibusch’ On permanent loan to the Ben Uri Collection

This joyful painting is typical of Feibusch’s colourful, figurative work. After serving in the German army during the First World War, he studied medicine and then art, winning the Prussian State Prize for Painting, which aroused Nazi antagonism; his pictures were publicly burned, and he was forbidden to paint. After his departure, his work was included in the infamous 1937 ‘Degenerate Art’ exhibition. He exhibited in the 1951 Festival of Britain, becoming a prolific muralist, particularly for the Church of England including for Chichester Cathedral. In his last years he took up sculpture due to failing eyesight.