Beautiful.
David Jagger painted this anonymous Jewish lady after the outbreak of WW2. Today, it’s at Nottingham Castle.
1938 was the year of the Anschluss, the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany.
Vienna’s large Jewish population faced immediate & horrific persecution. Homes and businesses were seized, they were subjected to public humiliation and worse.
Many of these Austrian Jews sought refuge at a time when lots of nations were hostile to Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution.
I love the sense of determination and grit in the pose - but a certain sadness too.
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