Limited Edition Numbered & Signed Lithograph: “The Towers of Fire” by Théo Kerg

As shown. See all photos. Belonged to my late mother.

23” x 15.75”

2 Jun 1909–4 Mar 1993

“Born to a schoolmaster and his wife in Niederkorn, in SW Luxembourg and attended school in Esch-sur-Alzette. He moved to Paris in 1929 to study at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, the Sorbonne and the Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie. From 1932 to 1933, he studied at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany, under the supervision of Paul Klee and Oskar Moll. He returned to Luxembourg in 1936 to become an art professor. In 1943, following the German invasion of Luxembourg, he resigned from his position. He was subsequently arrested in 1944 by the Luxembourgish allied militia, and kept in prison for 15 months as a preventive measure. He left Luxembourg in 1946, aiming to settle in Venezuela, but stopped in Paris where he illustrated a book by Paul Eluard. He permanently settled in Paris, and spent the last three years of his life in Chissey-en-Morvan, in Burgundy, where he died.”