Died 1985Germany Occupation Painter | Name Thomas Hafner | |
Born 1928 | ||
O ton thomas h fner leiter der mainzer unfallhilfsstelle in freiburg
Thomas Häfner was a realistic and fantastic art painter. Häfner was a member of a group of German artists who called themselves the Young Realists, formed in Düsseldorf in the mid-Fifties.
Escaping the horrors of the Second World War, he live for a decade in Ceylon (1938–1948). He studied at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. Detail from his painting "Lucifer" is used to illustrate the novel "Moravagine" by Blaise Cendrars.
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