A self-portrait my grandfather did of himself

Cornelius Charell
Born 1889 in Aachen
Study in applied arts in Paris
1916-1918 WWI
Iron Cross first class
a granade-splitter slashed his throat
survived after operation without narcosis
painter
1940 marriage
1940-1945
French r�sistance

Somehow he managed in the bitter years after the war to feed three children just with his art. First he moved to Feuchtwangen, the birthtown of his wife after his own art-nouveau house in munich was destroyed by an american bomber. Later, he came back, living his life with humour and optimism. He managed. He always managed.

He died in 1954

My great paragon...

Somehow, I wanted to show this after AQB52's pic. (URL = http://www.furaffinity.net/view/121469/ ) Perhaps it explains my - unjustified - reaction