Actually what surviverd was a small percent for when the art cache was found most of it was ruined by water ant rot,I talked To the Tel Aviv museum curator and she told me that most of the art was never renovated for lack and resources and is lost forever.we are lucky that he had really really huge bulk of works,that some survived
Wow this is incredibly moving. These paintings belong in history books. It shows how many creative genius human thinkers were senselessly murdered. These things did not even happen a 100 years ago.
I would say debatable, there are many times in history where massive state sponsored genocide happen... Armenian genocide being a big inspiration for how the jews were to be handled... The holocaust stands between two worlds and the level of subversion/inversion is astounding but is it unique? Yes and No, though it was an important event which should be remembered
The look of absolute despair on these paintings is haunting, you can tell he wanted people to know the tragic raw emotions the holocaust brought to its victims :(
I found you with the black paintings video and haven’t been able to get enough of you, great work! I am so interested and intrigued of dark works of art whether video, canvas, or film. I would love to see a video of you diving deep into a dark video series or movie series that you find interesting! :)
Yep I first watched his Goya video too. This is such a fantastic channel, obviously strenuously researched, wonderful narration, all together excellent work!
They say "eyes are a mirror of the soul" for a reason... You can see so much suffering, the overwhelming pain and hopelessnes... definitely haunting...
I'm actually a distant relative of this guy! He was related to my great, great-grandfather who tragically died during the Holocaust, by the name of Israel Nussbaum.
@@Friiedbeef I've been looking into it myself. Nearly 1.5mil were moved to Siberia and the Urals as the Germans advanced through Poland. They were put in Gulags or makeshift industrial towns to build for the Russian war machine. I wonder how many others ended up in the Gulag system?
As a pole this topic is very important to me and i am glad you decided to speak about that. It's good to see this topic being talked about by you, you are very proffesional. Thank you so much for your work!
I remember hearing a quote, but can't remember where, it was 'if you keep one eye on the past you are blind in one eye, but if you forget the past you are blind in both eyes'.
It's funny, people nowadays are so quick to excuse their horrible behavior of intolerance and racism as "its just a joke. " But far too many examples of history have proven that it is these mindsets that fuel and spark hate and distrust people have among each other. Empathy and care for the other is severed, which can easily lead to horrific events such as this where an artist just trying to live their life using their talents to brighten the world... is turned into another statistic. It is absolutely hopeless, this feeling. The feeling Felix and others just like him felt. No way out, born to die, life wasted, all because of who you are. It all seems rather unfair that the gentle hearted should suffer the Wrath if the heartless. The brush of paint replaced for the gun. For the love of God, let us prevent something like this from ever happening again.
There is a memorial display in a local mall in my town. (The Shoppes at Grande Prairie in Peoria, IL). It has glass cases with a total of 11 million buttons from clothing from Holocaust victims. Each case is easily 10 feet long, 8 feet wide and about 4 feet high. The saddest part is that there are six of them completely full of buttons.
Good lord. That's unreal, just reading about it. I couldn't imagine SEEING it. Sadly, we have rampant antisemitism raging through the "Q movement," with their blood libel fantasies.
The visceral emotion in each painting perfectly portrays the anguish and despair felt by Jews during the worst instance of antisemitic persecution. As a grandchild of survivors, there is not a day that passes without feelings of dread. And antisemitism continues to rise and the world just seems to ignore it. Thank you for covering these significant works. Gd Bless and may we all live in peace and harmony.
kb & bd The victims from the gulag of the NKVD Jewish commissars had to be painted as well... is there any artist who can reflect the suffering created by the Bolsheviks on a scale 100 times greater and for a duration 7-8 times longer?
Wow! My God man, I am so moved right now! Thanks so much for showing this man's art while taking us viewers on such a heartful journey through it all! What you are doing on your channel mate is extremely valuable! Keep on bringing it & I applaud your daring in "going there" & for taking us "there" as well!
I think is this my favourite of your vids so far, really good. I’d never heard of Nussbaum or seen these paintings before, such a tragic story as well. This time in history was devastating and brutal in too many ways - one of those ways is contemplating all the human creativity that was lost in those camps. It’s heartbreaking.
Thank you so much for your channel. I don't know if I would have found Felix Nussbaum's incredible artwork, otherwise. I am an artist, and videos like this make want to keep creating... and raging against the injustices in our world right now. Felix Nussbaum should never be forgotten... and you're certainly doing your part to make that so. All the best to you.
Your channel was suggested on my feed today and I feel so blessed for it! These are artists that deserve to be honored and remembered, and you do both so beautifully. You’re respectful and insightful. Thank you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I can remember I bought some Holocaust poster art for a fellow Jewish friend of mine years ago around Christmas. Not sure why I did. He did however hang some of the pieces up in his home. Unfortunately, the subject matter wasn’t of much interest to him as it was to me. But, it’s telling of how quickly we can forget and turn a blind eye when all seems well. I wanted to keep the posters myself. Just didn’t wanna give the wrong impression being that I’m a German born Jew and he’s American.
@@jamesrella763 it’s not easy, man. Let me tell ya. Not looking how I look. I can’t even be a Jew without getting attacked these days. And, to stand up for anything almost means you gotta be prepared to fight just in case. It’s unbelievable.
Very sad, I am a mix - Jewish father from Eastern Europe who never discussed his roots. (Too painful?) My My Mom was of Irish Catholic background. They met in the Bronx NYC and married. She converted to Judiasm . I was barmitzvahed and had to sing my entire 'haf torah.' In the front row were elders in their 60's and 70's - all Survivors, with tattoed Concentration ID's on their arms. The slightest mistake I made in my hebrew haf torah was met with immediete corrections and grumbles from the front row. After the service, they were the first to come upto me to congratulate me on my Bar Mitzvah, and how proud they were of me. Now as an adult, the memory fills me with tears. Blind Dweller: Very beautiful approach to a touchy subject - well handled. Thank you
The organ grinder reminds me of Der Leiermann (the hurdy gurdy man). It is the last song in Schuberts Winterreise. After the narrator contemplates his death for 23 songs, he comes across an old man who plays the hurdy gurdy. Some people think it is the narrator himself. Some think it is death. If Schubert saw himself as the wanderer in the cycle, it could be him singing to us. He finished the cycle the year he died (1828)
Could you please do a video on Zdzislaw Beksinski. He was literally given the name The Nightmare Artist. His art is TRULY terrifying, almost Lovecraftian.
Wow. This was a really great video. The topic was super interesting. I can’t believe the paintings survived but I’m so happy they did! And I’m so happy that Felix had that creative outlet to express himself during such a horrific time. Also, the artist you featured at the end is amazing! I went to his insta and I’m blown away by his talent. Just amazing!!! ❤❤❤
Great review & video on this underrated artist. This video really hit me emotionally, brought tears to my eyes when you hear the context of each work of his. The surrealist imagery in his paintings gives us a deeper insight of his life as a child and in the war leading to his death in Germany, it's not only an insight of the artist but the many Jewish people in the second world war in Europe. They should talk about this artist more, to get the point of view of many Jewish peoples physical & mental point of views in these devastating situations that happened in this chaotic war. Great job on the video pal it's probably one of your best, this video should be played in history courses in many universities. It really is that good. R.I.P. Felix Nussbaum.
Thank you for highlighting an artist who I had never of before (big shout to the viewer who recommended him to you). The Triumph of Death painting in particular is grotesquely stunning, something of a masterpiece I must say. I can't believe you do the music for these videos too, so accomplished. Great presentation as always.
These Holocaust paintings are hauntingly beautiful. I am fascinated by Holocaust history and through films like Schindler's List and Jojo Rabbit. This video is incredible. Never Forget About The Holocaust.
all I can say is with seeing his work, I started crying, seeing his end works. I lost family then as well, but just seeing that no one survived of his, breaks my heart and I hate to hear... that was a horrible time in our history. I only lost 4 cousins, and 2 aunts, 5 family members somehow survived and escaped thought.... its always made me cry... and this is no exception, as his works depict things perfectly......
to my Peter, who survived courageously as a young child with his parents right in Berlin with a wonderful German family. i wish we could have experienced these stark and incredible paintings together. how much more i would have understood the emotional cruelty and total fear. Nussbaum’s Art totally enmeshes with one’s own basic raw feelings. my very essence longs for you - wait for me. 🥀🌱
Thank you, again, for your amazing videos and your sensitive approach to difficult subjects. You really have become one of my favorite youtube creators.
what a great video about an amazing artist, with a horrific story. as a jew this video especially hit home and resonated with me. your channel is truly a hidden gem and your videos are so interesting to watch.
This one of my favorite videos thus far! The background music, the attention to detail, choice of words, etc. 😙👌*Chefs kiss* On a platform so full of mindless and overrated content, it's channels such as yours that I have more respect for than ever. Thank you.
Great show, man. You deserve every subscriber you have, and a LOT more. Looking at the rest of these comments, it seems like a LOT of us feel the same. Thank you for your intriguing work, and best wishes for more exposure in '22.
Shocked, but so grateful that Felix's work survived. As always, excellent video which treats the subject and art with depth and respect. Thank you! Charlotte Salomon would be an interesting artist to do a video on. Related to Felix in terms of her identity as a German Jew living in the horrors of Nazi Germany. Charlotte's art is spectacular as much as it is harrowing.
Wow! So powerful! How absolutely amazing that his paintings survived! Nussbaum's courage was unbounded! If I ever get to Berlin, I will definitely try to see his paintings in person!
Thank you so much. What a perfect video that I appreciated. I respect the work of Felix Nussbaum that I'm able to see with distanciation in that sense that what I feel is a high vibration of love and not a low emotional vibe. It's powerful and eternal
Holy shit! This is the first time I've ever seen or even heard of this dude and I'm moved by the beauty of these pics man, It's haunting to see the single most atrocious human malevolence which is a fairly modern event portrayed in the unique great way that is a bit like Greco and other early painters of religion, a talent for putting one in the middle of the situation portrayed, Harrowing but hauntingly beautiful unique pics, Felix is my new favourite now, WooHoo!
As this channel is essentially dedicated to Showcasing the artists who attempted to capture the dark heart of humanity on canvas with their artworks, I think the subject of genocide and indeed the holocaust is a topic which was unavoidable. These events are incomprehensible and deeply horrifying to even imagine. But seen through the unflinching prospective of a sensitive artist we begin to see this part of history in a new, personal light.
Had the... 'misfortune' of getting to see Nussbaum's paintings while in Israel at the Holocaust Memorial, along with listening to fragments of Viktor Ullmann's "Der Kaiser von Atlantis", an opera that was written and performed whilst in a concentration camp by those imprisoned. There's at least one performance of it since then that's on RUclips and I encourage people to watch it if you like that or if this video touches you. It's truly an achievement of humanity that we were able to make such art while literally existing in some of the most harsh and cruel conditions we've ever managed to impose on ourselves so directly on a consistent basis. Though honestly I wish we had the people instead of the art left to remember them.
Love your videos, thank you so much; watched this after a long day of studying. Do you have any handles where we can follow you/support you? Thank you!
Love your videos! Is there any way you can do a video on some of Bosch's work? I love his art and it would be awesome to get some more information in the style or your videos. Love the content, keep it up!!
Wow that was amazing I usually find this kind of art depressing but Felix's art is very inspirational as it is unfortunately harrowing its a good thing that his art somehow survived the hellhole that was his and many others last years RIP all those that suffered. 🌹🌻⚘
Discovered your channel with the Black paintings. As an Israeli who is surrounded with the subject of the Holocaust since childhood, I've never heard of Nussbaum and I thank you for getting me to know some of the most beautifully sad paintings of one who had been through this hell on earth.
So something very strange and a bit scary happened. -I had thought about these paintings more over the day I made my previous comment and just when I thought I'd processed everything, examined every detail, and was allowing my brain a break, that next morning, I clicked on an advertisement for a skin care product. There was an article there about Retinol & I decided I should click on it. The last name of the author? Nussbaum. I was shocked. What are the odds & what is it that the universe needs me to know? Seriously, what are the odds of that, me having just learned about this artist and then seeing that the VERY next day?! It was a feeling like I didn't want to be alone in the dark, that maybe what he experienced was so evil that the energy can still be felt? I don't know but it creeped me out a bit just because statistically speaking, that shouldn't have happened. I'm impressionable and I get scared very easily.
Imo, these works are significantly more powerful than many other works simply because of the rarity of its influence, the Holocaust. A first person view translating the emotions, fears, and despair of watching what was happening onto canvas makes it much more moving to me.
I remember back in high school one of the books I had to read was NIGHT by Elie Wiezel, which was about the horrors of Nazi concentration camps and that stuck with me. I don't think schools today would touch it or allow students to read it.
An incredible artist and a horrific story. Fascism is the crucifixion of many things : liberty, love, freedom of thought, beauty, empathy - and life itself. But nothing is more reviled by the fascist than art. For art can hold all of these essentials, as well as death and frailty, frank horror and truths we didn't know were in us. Though the diabolical nightmare of the Holocaust should always be viewed in a broader historical context of human madness and evil. Rafael Lemkin - a Jewish attorney who fled the Nazis and coined the word genocide - devoted his life after WWII to pushing the U.N. to do more for [all] victims of ethnic cleansing; recognizing that "Never Again" has little meaning if only applied to one ethnic group.
When you're speaking about the rise of the Nazis, the way his and millions of other families tried to outrun the destruction, I'm left with such a sad and unsettled feeling as I do believe we are seeing something very similar rise here in the United States. I don't think people understand that the things you give power to eventually take on a life of their own. I pray I am wrong but these circumstances feel eerily familiar & the sense that things are going to get worse eats at me. Which makes the artist's work and life worthy of study. It's been about an hour now and I've done nothing except go over these paintings with my eyes and mind. I don't think there's any way to not be deeply affected. In the Camp stands out particularly, as the woman behind him is unclothed, using the bathroom there. The man to the right, he is sick and dying. Death Triumphant feels so desolate and the expression of the man at the organ, presumably Nussbaumb, is resigned to his fate, the sadness at the corners of his mouth breaks me. The environment around the clusters of people terrifies me, that the sun would never shine on these places, the shadows and the smoggy green and gray skylines, the earth is barren and he paints as though everyone including himself is already deceased. I noticed too in Death Triumphant that there's the male anatomy portion of the David amidst many things that represent Europe. I think it may be an acknowledgement that the male ego brought these horrors about and that everything it touched died or was destroyed. To him, the world had ended. The people he paints including himself I hate to say it's haunting bc that's so cliche but the varying ashen to white tones of skin, the frailty, the way the skin is pulled tightly guantly over little more than a skeleton, he's captured the deterioration of the people around him and himself. It is haunting. The kite is meant to symbolize the innocent nature of a child but here we see even the most innocent symbol is now a watching eye of scorn and judgdment. This art has a way of staying in your mind as if you were there, in one of these paintings. I'm struggling to get my bearings back, I'm stunned by what I've seen I'm almost afraid to move. There's one painting that did give me comfort amidst all of this heartache that was his reality. It's the one where he is at the Easel. He's painting, he has captured himself in his element & it's bringing me back around albeit slowly. There's a suffocating quality to his art. As there should be. But there,in the painting of him, panting, he's free. The detail of light, depth, dimension, etc is incredible. His expression is one of bemusement, there's a little whimsy there, a nod to the joy of making art. Look at the easel itself, unbelievable how something seemingly mundane has so much in the way of how one would paint light. I'm profoundly saddened that these paintings were not fantasies, they were truth & I pray we learn from history. The suffering of him and millions more he brought that through these paintings and I don't understand why it was ever allowed to occur. I find myself in a place where I'm both crying and shouting at these paintings bc I just see people who commit no evil who were subjected to so much pain and it's not fair! I want to move space and time and save everyone but I can't and that's one of the themes found throughout his art, futility. I've never felt such emotions for any artist or their work. I will never forget this feeling, it's unlike anything I've ever felt. I'm so grateful to have found your channel. Art is a medium to express one's self & how a person views society- however heartbreaking it might be to observe, I feel I've gained a lot more insight into the human condition. Thank you endlessly.
It's nothing short of astonishing that his paintings survived at all--it's so fortunate that they did.
Already know😎
Actually what surviverd was a small percent for when the art cache was found most of it was ruined by water ant rot,I talked To the Tel Aviv museum curator and she told me that most of the art was never renovated for lack and resources and is lost forever.we are lucky that he had really really huge bulk of works,that some survived
Wow this is incredibly moving. These paintings belong in history books. It shows how many creative genius human thinkers were senselessly murdered. These things did not even happen a 100 years ago.
Never again.
pffff ... aiurea ...
Solzhenitsyn has a different opinion and please go through the archives.
I would say debatable, there are many times in history where massive state sponsored genocide happen... Armenian genocide being a big inspiration for how the jews were to be handled...
The holocaust stands between two worlds and the level of subversion/inversion is astounding but is it unique? Yes and No, though it was an important event which should be remembered
@@デススマイルズ genocide is happening in 2024, just not to protected classes
The look of absolute despair on these paintings is haunting, you can tell he wanted people to know the tragic raw emotions the holocaust brought to its victims :(
What about what "they" bring to the host countries? What about what "they" do to us?
@@coolboy5428 This would seem to imply that you're not Jewish.
I found you with the black paintings video and haven’t been able to get enough of you, great work! I am so interested and intrigued of dark works of art whether video, canvas, or film. I would love to see a video of you diving deep into a dark video series or movie series that you find interesting! :)
Also I have been very interested in dementia and I would be very interested in you doing something related to dementia.
Yep I first watched his Goya video too. This is such a fantastic channel, obviously strenuously researched, wonderful narration, all together excellent work!
the eyes in the paintings are haunting me
They say "eyes are a mirror of the soul" for a reason... You can see so much suffering, the overwhelming pain and hopelessnes... definitely haunting...
I'm actually a distant relative of this guy! He was related to my great, great-grandfather who tragically died during the Holocaust, by the name of Israel Nussbaum.
@@Friiedbeef Jesus man. I'm SO sorry. I just saw this. I'd been drinking, and I'm not.even sure what I was getting at,.now. Excuse me.
@@Friiedbeef I deleted the comment. My best guess is that I was thinking of pork. Again, I apologize. This is a solemn subject.
Probably moved to Siberia or the Urals. Many such cases.
@@monkeyon777 Yes. I read up on him some more, and it said he died in transit around one of those area.
@@Friiedbeef I've been looking into it myself. Nearly 1.5mil were moved to Siberia and the Urals as the Germans advanced through Poland. They were put in Gulags or makeshift industrial towns to build for the Russian war machine. I wonder how many others ended up in the Gulag system?
As a pole this topic is very important to me and i am glad you decided to speak about that. It's good to see this topic being talked about by you, you are very proffesional. Thank you so much for your work!
Pole or jew?
I remember hearing a quote, but can't remember where, it was 'if you keep one eye on the past you are blind in one eye, but if you forget the past you are blind in both eyes'.
one of the greatest channels i've come across so far -- something about art analysis just hits home for me. keep up the good work!
Can you shout out any other art analysis channels?
It's funny, people nowadays are so quick to excuse their horrible behavior of intolerance and racism as "its just a joke. " But far too many examples of history have proven that it is these mindsets that fuel and spark hate and distrust people have among each other. Empathy and care for the other is severed, which can easily lead to horrific events such as this where an artist just trying to live their life using their talents to brighten the world... is turned into another statistic.
It is absolutely hopeless, this feeling. The feeling Felix and others just like him felt. No way out, born to die, life wasted, all because of who you are.
It all seems rather unfair that the gentle hearted should suffer the Wrath if the heartless. The brush of paint replaced for the gun.
For the love of God, let us prevent something like this from ever happening again.
There is a memorial display in a local mall in my town. (The Shoppes at Grande Prairie in Peoria, IL). It has glass cases with a total of 11 million buttons from clothing from Holocaust victims. Each case is easily 10 feet long, 8 feet wide and about 4 feet high. The saddest part is that there are six of them completely full of buttons.
Good lord. That's unreal, just reading about it. I couldn't imagine SEEING it. Sadly, we have rampant antisemitism raging through the "Q movement," with their blood libel fantasies.
How do you know they are not just buttons from random clothes?
@@XANAX-Pilled Except they do do that.
@@coolboy5428 There is a plague and photos that describes the camp that the buttons came from.
@@seanrosenau2088 Plague? Ok but buttons can be remade and it doesn't prove they were wasted, it proves a war happened and some died
This is such a stunning and important documentary. Thank you...
The visceral emotion in each painting perfectly portrays the anguish and despair felt by Jews during the worst instance of antisemitic persecution. As a grandchild of survivors, there is not a day that passes without feelings of dread. And antisemitism continues to rise and the world just seems to ignore it. Thank you for covering these significant works. Gd Bless and may we all live in peace and harmony.
Thank you for bringing this wonderful, tragic artist to our attention.
This is an incredible doc about Felix, very moving!!!
Thank you so much! Really hope I do his work justice, his story and beautiful paintings deserve to be shared.
kb & bd The victims from the gulag of the NKVD Jewish commissars had to be painted as well...
is there any artist who can reflect the suffering created by the Bolsheviks on a scale 100 times greater and for a duration 7-8 times longer?
Wow! My God man, I am so moved right now! Thanks so much for showing this man's art while taking us viewers on such a heartful journey through it all! What you are doing on your channel mate is extremely valuable! Keep on bringing it & I applaud your daring in "going there" & for taking us "there" as well!
This made me cry. So heart-breaking.
Look at what the Jews did in Russia after 1917 and you will die bro.
I think is this my favourite of your vids so far, really good. I’d never heard of Nussbaum or seen these paintings before, such a tragic story as well. This time in history was devastating and brutal in too many ways - one of those ways is contemplating all the human creativity that was lost in those camps. It’s heartbreaking.
What an artist can do is call attention to things that people pretend not to see...
thank you so much BD
so glad you covered this. great recommendation! truly heartrending stuff.
Thank you. I could cry. Art makes you feel something. Your video was awesome and eerie. Thanks
Thank you so much for your channel. I don't know if I would have found Felix Nussbaum's incredible artwork, otherwise. I am an artist, and videos like this make want to keep creating... and raging against the injustices in our world right now. Felix Nussbaum should never be forgotten... and you're certainly doing your part to make that so. All the best to you.
Your channel was suggested on my feed today and I feel so blessed for it! These are artists that deserve to be honored and remembered, and you do both so beautifully. You’re respectful and insightful. Thank you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
You're so kind, thank you! And welcome 😁
Rest In Peace those who lost their lives in the midst of this war
I can remember I bought some Holocaust poster art for a fellow Jewish friend of mine years ago around Christmas. Not sure why I did. He did however hang some of the pieces up in his home. Unfortunately, the subject matter wasn’t of much interest to him as it was to me. But, it’s telling of how quickly we can forget and turn a blind eye when all seems well. I wanted to keep the posters myself. Just didn’t wanna give the wrong impression being that I’m a German born Jew and he’s American.
@@the2ndcoming135 that was nice of you though
@@jamesrella763 it’s not easy, man. Let me tell ya. Not looking how I look. I can’t even be a Jew without getting attacked these days. And, to stand up for anything almost means you gotta be prepared to fight just in case. It’s unbelievable.
Rest in P1ss
@@the2ndcoming135 Nobody is attacking you, you are not the victims, you are the making us the victims.
really love the honesty in Felix's work and sad at the same time for all the misery people suffered back then.
Very sad, I am a mix - Jewish father from Eastern Europe who never discussed his roots. (Too painful?) My My Mom was of Irish Catholic background. They met in the Bronx NYC and married. She converted to Judiasm . I was barmitzvahed and had to sing my entire 'haf torah.' In the front row were elders in their 60's and 70's - all Survivors, with tattoed Concentration ID's on their arms. The slightest mistake I made in my hebrew haf torah was met with immediete corrections and grumbles from the front row. After the service, they were the first to come upto me to congratulate me on my Bar Mitzvah, and how proud they were of me. Now as an adult, the memory fills me with tears. Blind Dweller: Very beautiful approach to a touchy subject - well handled. Thank you
Yo I've never been interested in art but I just found your channel the other day and it's quickly becoming some of my favorite content
The organ grinder reminds me of Der Leiermann (the hurdy gurdy man). It is the last song in Schuberts Winterreise. After the narrator contemplates his death for 23 songs, he comes across an old man who plays the hurdy gurdy. Some people think it is the narrator himself. Some think it is death. If Schubert saw himself as the wanderer in the cycle, it could be him singing to us. He finished the cycle the year he died (1828)
To see a new video from you is a great treat! Your channel is really a good addition to a more and more superficial RUclips!
Could you please do a video on Zdzislaw Beksinski. He was literally given the name The Nightmare Artist. His art is TRULY terrifying, almost Lovecraftian.
Wow. This was a really great video. The topic was super interesting. I can’t believe the paintings survived but I’m so happy they did! And I’m so happy that Felix had that creative outlet to express himself during such a horrific time. Also, the artist you featured at the end is amazing! I went to his insta and I’m blown away by his talent. Just amazing!!! ❤❤❤
That Triumph Of Death painting is one of the most amazing pieces of art I’ve ever seen.
thank you for your uploads!
Great review & video on this underrated artist. This video really hit me emotionally, brought tears to my eyes when you hear the context of each work of his. The surrealist imagery in his paintings gives us a deeper insight of his life as a child and in the war leading to his death in Germany, it's not only an insight of the artist but the many Jewish people in the second world war in Europe. They should talk about this artist more, to get the point of view of many Jewish peoples physical & mental point of views in these devastating situations that happened in this chaotic war. Great job on the video pal it's probably one of your best, this video should be played in history courses in many universities. It really is that good. R.I.P. Felix Nussbaum.
I’ve always enjoyed your content, mate :) keep it up!
Fascinating art history. Your channel is one of the best I've come across. Thank you for introducing me to so much interesting artistry.
Thank you for highlighting an artist who I had never of before (big shout to the viewer who recommended him to you). The Triumph of Death painting in particular is grotesquely stunning, something of a masterpiece I must say. I can't believe you do the music for these videos too, so accomplished. Great presentation as always.
These Holocaust paintings are hauntingly beautiful. I am fascinated by Holocaust history and through films like Schindler's List and Jojo Rabbit. This video is incredible. Never Forget About The Holocaust.
Brilliant! Scary yet true. I'm astonished they survived!
all I can say is with seeing his work, I started crying, seeing his end works. I lost family then as well, but just seeing that no one survived of his, breaks my heart and I hate to hear... that was a horrible time in our history. I only lost 4 cousins, and 2 aunts, 5 family members somehow survived and escaped thought.... its always made me cry... and this is no exception, as his works depict things perfectly......
to my Peter, who survived courageously as a young child with his parents right in Berlin with a wonderful German family. i wish we could have experienced these stark and incredible paintings together. how much more i would have understood the emotional cruelty and total fear. Nussbaum’s Art totally enmeshes with one’s own basic raw feelings. my very essence longs for you - wait for me. 🥀🌱
Wow, that was moving. What a well done video. So well made.
Thank you, again, for your amazing videos and your sensitive approach to difficult subjects. You really have become one of my favorite youtube creators.
Good god - I’ve never heard of this artist. So moving, so haunting.
I love your videos I hope you keep posting them and giving me an amazing look into the darker world of art
I love how you give shout outs to indie artists! It gives inspiration and motivation to us artists!!
This is absolutely amazingly done! I'm so glad I just happened to come across your channel! You do very great work!
I saw a documentary on him around 20 years ago and his artwork is seared in my mind. Thanks for covering him. Great channel, just found you.
Hello! You can't make these fast enough ;). Thank you for these quality videos. I love them! Keep up the good work:) .
what a great video about an amazing artist, with a horrific story. as a jew this video especially hit home and resonated with me. your channel is truly a hidden gem and your videos are so interesting to watch.
This one of my favorite videos thus far!
The background music, the attention to detail, choice of words, etc. 😙👌*Chefs kiss*
On a platform so full of mindless and overrated content, it's channels such as yours that I have more respect for than ever.
Thank you.
Great show, man. You deserve every subscriber you have, and a LOT more. Looking at the rest of these comments, it seems like a LOT of us feel the same. Thank you for your intriguing work, and best wishes for more exposure in '22.
so amazing that his paintings survived. truly moving
amazing content my friend, hyped for the upload tmrw!
I'm new to the channel,, I just wanted to say what's up and I really appreciate your vids. man,, Thank you 💯✌️
Shocked, but so grateful that Felix's work survived.
As always, excellent video which treats the subject and art with depth and respect. Thank you!
Charlotte Salomon would be an interesting artist to do a video on. Related to Felix in terms of her identity as a German Jew living in the horrors of Nazi Germany.
Charlotte's art is spectacular as much as it is harrowing.
Incredible artist & body of work.
Wow! So powerful! How absolutely amazing that his paintings survived! Nussbaum's courage was unbounded! If I ever get to Berlin, I will definitely try to see his paintings in person!
As an Aspie, I have SUCH a hard time de-coding FIGURATIVE art, so thank you for interpreting it!👍
Thank you so much. What a perfect video that I appreciated. I respect the work of Felix Nussbaum that I'm able to see with distanciation in that sense that what I feel is a high vibration of love and not a low emotional vibe. It's powerful and eternal
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Gosh thank you so much for the donation! For one of the videos that means a lot to me too 🥲 much appreciated, my friend!
Wonderful. Thank you for this.
These is the best channel in the world! Please make more videos just like this! Dark arts and analysis!
Felix really captured the profound sense of hopelessness from the Holocaust in his art
Holy shit! This is the first time I've ever seen or even heard of this dude and I'm moved by the beauty of these pics man, It's haunting to see the single most atrocious human malevolence which is a fairly modern event portrayed in the unique great way that is a bit like Greco and other early painters of religion, a talent for putting one in the middle of the situation portrayed, Harrowing but hauntingly beautiful unique pics, Felix is my new favourite now, WooHoo!
I just want to add that the latter pics have a an effect like Hokusai .
Ive really been enjoying these videos, i was wondering if you would ever do a video on Francis Bacon his art and story is crazy and depressing.
Have you seen Zdzislaw Beksinski's art? It's absolutely Lovecraftian.
a very well made and thoughtful video of an excellent artist.
As this channel is essentially dedicated to Showcasing the artists who attempted to capture the dark heart of humanity on canvas with their artworks, I think the subject of genocide and indeed the holocaust is a topic which was unavoidable. These events are incomprehensible and deeply horrifying to even imagine. But seen through the unflinching prospective of a sensitive artist we begin to see this part of history in a new, personal light.
the self portrait of Felix Nussbaum you used for the thumbnail is how I picture Hercule Poirot in my mind
Yessss I love your videos!!!!! Maybe if you can! Can you please do a video just of disturbing art work you know? I love your work!!! 💓💓💓
All I can say is ... thank you for this video.
Had the... 'misfortune' of getting to see Nussbaum's paintings while in Israel at the Holocaust Memorial, along with listening to fragments of Viktor Ullmann's "Der Kaiser von Atlantis", an opera that was written and performed whilst in a concentration camp by those imprisoned. There's at least one performance of it since then that's on RUclips and I encourage people to watch it if you like that or if this video touches you. It's truly an achievement of humanity that we were able to make such art while literally existing in some of the most harsh and cruel conditions we've ever managed to impose on ourselves so directly on a consistent basis. Though honestly I wish we had the people instead of the art left to remember them.
Thank you for sharing
Love your videos, thank you so much; watched this after a long day of studying. Do you have any handles where we can follow you/support you? Thank you!
Fantastic art in a hideous time! You’re the best. Keep it up.
Another wonderful, albeit heartbreaking, analysis. Keep up the good work brother
How heartbreaking.. At least his paintings, his legacy, survived.
Love your videos! Is there any way you can do a video on some of Bosch's work? I love his art and it would be awesome to get some more information in the style or your videos. Love the content, keep it up!!
.... AMAZING! - Had never heard of This Artist before
Many Thanks have sub., 🌟👍
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Wow that was amazing I usually find this kind of art depressing but Felix's art is very inspirational as it is unfortunately harrowing its a good thing that his art somehow survived the hellhole that was his and many others last years RIP all those that suffered. 🌹🌻⚘
My family used to be musicians in europe before WW2,for some reason this reminds me their music and it is very difficult to watch because of that
Love your videos so much. Please keep going 💜
Unbelievable work! Very sad!
Excellent profile, thank you.
great painting indeed,i love it all full of life and pain
Discovered your channel with the Black paintings. As an Israeli who is surrounded with the subject of the Holocaust since childhood, I've never heard of Nussbaum and I thank you for getting me to know some of the most beautifully sad paintings of one who had been through this hell on earth.
So something very strange and a bit scary happened. -I had thought about these paintings more over the day I made my previous comment and just when I thought I'd processed everything, examined every detail, and was allowing my brain a break, that next morning, I clicked on an advertisement for a skin care product. There was an article there about Retinol & I decided I should click on it. The last name of the author? Nussbaum. I was shocked. What are the odds & what is it that the universe needs me to know? Seriously, what are the odds of that, me having just learned about this artist and then seeing that the VERY next day?! It was a feeling like I didn't want to be alone in the dark, that maybe what he experienced was so evil that the energy can still be felt? I don't know but it creeped me out a bit just because statistically speaking, that shouldn't have happened. I'm impressionable and I get scared very easily.
Excellent as usual.
Amazing video!!!!!!
he shall be remembered
This should be taught in schools
Imo, these works are significantly more powerful than many other works simply because of the rarity of its influence, the Holocaust. A first person view translating the emotions, fears, and despair of watching what was happening onto canvas makes it much more moving to me.
These paintings should be shared alongside The Diary of Anne Frank. If these aren't in major museums, it'd be insanity
I remember back in high school one of the books I had to read was NIGHT by Elie Wiezel, which was about the horrors of Nazi concentration camps and that stuck with me. I don't think schools today would touch it or allow students to read it.
An incredible artist and a horrific story. Fascism is the crucifixion of many things : liberty, love, freedom of thought, beauty, empathy - and life itself. But nothing is more reviled by the fascist than art. For art can hold all of these essentials, as well as death and frailty, frank horror and truths we didn't know were in us. Though the diabolical nightmare of the Holocaust should always be viewed in a broader historical context of human madness and evil. Rafael Lemkin - a Jewish attorney who fled the Nazis and coined the word genocide - devoted his life after WWII to pushing the U.N. to do more for [all] victims of ethnic cleansing; recognizing that "Never Again" has little meaning if only applied to one ethnic group.
Can you also mention the music artist also
The soundtracks were made by myself, I will be uploading the music to my SoundCloud very soon!
So you make soundtracks of your all videos
They are very good
When you're speaking about the rise of the Nazis, the way his and millions of other families tried to outrun the destruction, I'm left with such a sad and unsettled feeling as I do believe we are seeing something very similar rise here in the United States. I don't think people understand that the things you give power to eventually take on a life of their own. I pray I am wrong but these circumstances feel eerily familiar & the sense that things are going to get worse eats at me. Which makes the artist's work and life worthy of study. It's been about an hour now and I've done nothing except go over these paintings with my eyes and mind. I don't think there's any way to not be deeply affected. In the Camp stands out particularly, as the woman behind him is unclothed, using the bathroom there. The man to the right, he is sick and dying. Death Triumphant feels so desolate and the expression of the man at the organ, presumably Nussbaumb, is resigned to his fate, the sadness at the corners of his mouth breaks me. The environment around the clusters of people terrifies me, that the sun would never shine on these places, the shadows and the smoggy green and gray skylines, the earth is barren and he paints as though everyone including himself is already deceased. I noticed too in Death Triumphant that there's the male anatomy portion of the David amidst many things that represent Europe. I think it may be an acknowledgement that the male ego brought these horrors about and that everything it touched died or was destroyed. To him, the world had ended. The people he paints including himself I hate to say it's haunting bc that's so cliche but the varying ashen to white tones of skin, the frailty, the way the skin is pulled tightly guantly over little more than a skeleton, he's captured the deterioration of the people around him and himself. It is haunting. The kite is meant to symbolize the innocent nature of a child but here we see even the most innocent symbol is now a watching eye of scorn and judgdment. This art has a way of staying in your mind as if you were there, in one of these paintings. I'm struggling to get my bearings back, I'm stunned by what I've seen I'm almost afraid to move. There's one painting that did give me comfort amidst all of this heartache that was his reality. It's the one where he is at the Easel. He's painting, he has captured himself in his element & it's bringing me back around albeit slowly. There's a suffocating quality to his art. As there should be. But there,in the painting of him, panting, he's free. The detail of light, depth, dimension, etc is incredible. His expression is one of bemusement, there's a little whimsy there, a nod to the joy of making art. Look at the easel itself, unbelievable how something seemingly mundane has so much in the way of how one would paint light. I'm profoundly saddened that these paintings were not fantasies, they were truth & I pray we learn from history. The suffering of him and millions more he brought that through these paintings and I don't understand why it was ever allowed to occur. I find myself in a place where I'm both crying and shouting at these paintings bc I just see people who commit no evil who were subjected to so much pain and it's not fair! I want to move space and time and save everyone but I can't and that's one of the themes found throughout his art, futility. I've never felt such emotions for any artist or their work. I will never forget this feeling, it's unlike anything I've ever felt. I'm so grateful to have found your channel. Art is a medium to express one's self & how a person views society- however heartbreaking it might be to observe, I feel I've gained a lot more insight into the human condition. Thank you endlessly.
Beautiful, dark, sad.
This reminds me of the works done by Vann Nath, who was a prisoner during the reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
Great video again!