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Thomas Häfner

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Thomas Häfner
Born1928
Died1985
Germany
OccupationPainter

Thomas Häfner (1928-1985) 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.[1]

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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ The art of Thomas Häfner
  2. ^ David Larkin, Fantastic Art (Pan/Ballantine, 1973: ISBN 978-0-345-23275-5)