Still in high school, he won literary awards and after his studies of History, Philosophy and German Philology at the universities of Munich and Berlin, he wrote articles for magazines and plays. Lion Feuchtwanger was born in Munich, Germany, in July 1884. despite disregarding accepted rules as well as challenging the Holy Inquisition. This is the Hour by Lion Feuchtwanger follows his fictionalised path to understanding and to a new way of painting in the years around 1800, when he lived his infatuation for the Duchess of Alba and rose to be first court painter of King Charles IV. One of the latter was the Spanish romantic painter Francisco de Goya. Others, however, – and usually the greatest – risked much for their art testing given limits and subtly criticising power. Certainly, among artists too there always were those who out of conviction, opportunism or just cowardice supported even the most oppressive and cruel regime. There were many historical periods, when having your own mind and views could considerably complicate or even endanger the life of yourself as well as of your family and friends, especially if you were an artist longing to express yourself in all regards and unwilling to make compromises.
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