25/05/2024 16:32 (UTC)

'Widow': a 'degenerate' painting for the Nazis is on display again after 80 years

São Paulo, May 25 (EFE) - The painting 'Widow', by Lithuanian-Brazilian painter Lasar Segall, is exhibited for the first time to the public in the painter's house museum in São Paulo, after spending 80 years missing, due to its confiscation by Adolf Hitler's Nazi government for considering it 'degenerate art'.

CAMERA: WALLACE CARVALHO.

FOOTAGE: RESOURCES OF THE PAINTING 'WIDOW', BY THE LITHUANIAN-BRAZILIAN PAINTER LASAR SEGALL, IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL AND STATEMENTS BY PAULO PINA, DIRECTOR OF THE LASAR SEGALL MUSEUM.

TRANSLATION:

"THE NAZIS WANTED A CLEAN AND PERFECT WORLD, [...] SO THEY TRIED TO DESTROY ALL THIS LEGACY, BUT FIRST THEY WANTED TO SHOW IT TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE TO DEFAME THE ARTISTS AND DISQUALIFY THE WORKS".

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Date: 25/05/2024 12:53 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Arts, culture and entertainment » Painting
Arts, culture and entertainment
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 122 seconds
Reference: 55013684505
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