“Afternoon with Q. [Quappi, his second wife] on foot, looking for butter and coals – in vain.”

Beckman's Diary, 1 June 1943, Amsterdam; as cited on: 'Arts in exile' http://kuenste-im-exil.de <br class="br">1940s

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German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer 1884–1950

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