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Portrait of Hans Keller by Hugo Dachinger

Date made: 1940

Artist: Dachinger, Hugo

Description: Portrait of Hans Keller from Mooragh Internment Camp by artist Hugo Dachinger. Three-quarter portrait of a man with beard holding a violin under his chin and holding the bow in his right hand. Inscription top left. Hans Keller (1919-1985) was a Jewish Austrian-born musician, who fled to Britain in 1938. He went onto to have a very successful music career in Britain. He was interned on the Isle of Man from 1940-41.

Measurements: overall: 38.5 x 50 cm

Materials: Pencil on wallpaper

Object name: Drawing

Collection: Art Collection

ID number: 2002-0107

Subject tags : #WW2INTERNMENTMUSEUMCOLLECTIONS

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