Gertrud Kauders
Gertrud Kauders | |
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| Born | 26 April 1883 |
| Died | 1943 |
| Nationality | Czech |
Gertrud Kauders (Czech: Gertruda Kaudersová; 26 April 1883 – 1942) was a Czech artist of Jewish descent. She died in the Madjanek concentration camp during World War II. A cache of her artworks were discovered in Prague in 2018.
Kauders was born in 1883 in Prague where she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts.[1] Along with other artists and musicians she was arrested by the Nazis in 1942 and sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp and then to the Madjanek concentration camp in Poland where she died.[2][3]
Kauders had one brother Hans. During the war his son Cornelius Kauders emigrated as a Jewish refugee to New Zealand where he changed his name to Peter During. He had five children: daughters Miriam and Camilla and sons Simon, Michiel and Matthew During who became a professor of neurosurgery in the United States.[2]
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In 2018 during demolition work on a house in Prague a cache of about 700 oil paintings, watercolours and sketches by Kauders was discovered. She had hidden them in the walls of the house of her friend and fellow artist Natálie Jahůdková whose house was being built during the Nazi occupation; concealing the paintings was made easier by the construction work.[1][2]
When the works were uncovered the owner of the house Jakub Sedláček considered monetising the collection but on learning of Kauders's descendants in New Zealand he reconsidered his decision.[1][2] Miriam Kauders negotiated with Sedláček and the Jewish Museum in Prague on behalf of the family with the result that some of Kauders's art works were given to the Jewish Museum and the remainder returned to the family.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Chapple, Amos; Vašková, Dana Katharina (25 September 2020). "Hidden From The Nazis, Murdered Jewish Artist's Trove Of Paintings Discovered In Prague House". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d Chapple, G. (10 October 2020). "To Prague, with love". Listener. 273 (4165): 11–15.
- ^ "Terezín Memorial". pamatnik-terezin.cz. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Chapple, Amos; Greer, Stuart (24 May 2022). "Murdered Artist's Work Returned To Family, 80 Years After The Holocaust". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Lost works by Prague artist Gertrud Kauders handed over to Jewish Museum". Radio Prague International. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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