Hans Feibusch Wooded Landscape ca. 1944-48 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch Study of Three Turtles Swimming 1950 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch Untitled (Study of Two Women in an Aquarium) 1951 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch Tobias and the Angel 1953 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch The Old Gods 1953 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch Guardian Angels 1961 oil on board Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
from The Daily Telegraph (20 July 1998)
Hans Feibusch – the German-born artist who has died aged 99, could claim the distinction of having had a painting shown in the Nazis' exhibition of Decadent Art in 1937; by that time, however, he was already living in England, where he would establish a new reputation as a muralist in Anglican churches. Though Feibusch had never attempted a mural before coming to Britain in 1933, he had been fascinated during his travels in Italy during the 1920s by the work of Mantegna and Piero della Francesca. From the start, therefore, he was able to bring a new flair and boldness to what had become a rather timid and tired English tradition. Indeed, the uncompromising nature of his work sometimes aroused criticism. In 1956, for example, there were complaints that Feibusch's figure of Christ, designed for the parish church of Goring, West Sussex, was un-Christian and "almost brutal." Feibusch loftily returned: "There is nothing specifically Christian in The Last Judgement of Michelangelo. It has always been my aim to follow the advice of Leonardo da Vince, and bring out the essential Christ-like qualities in the figure itself." Dr. George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, upheld him.
Hans Feibusch Adam and Eve 1964 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch Still Life of a Candle, a Bowl of Apples and a Vase of Bergenia 1980 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch Still Life of a Candle, a Drape, Apples and a Shell 1980 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch Still Life of Two Heads, Three Shells and a Candle 1980 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch Still Life with a Head 1980 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch Study of a Roman Bust, Fruit, Leaves and a Drape 1980 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch Untitled (Still Life of Sunflowers with Two Heads) 1982 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch The Huck (A Mediterranean Landscape) 1984 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |
Hans Feibusch Gloucestershire Landscape, Evening 1987 oil on canvas Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex |