Dr. Haustein
Christian Schad
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Date:1928 -
Style:Magic Realism -
Genre:portrait -
Media:oil, canvas -
Location:Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
Dr. Haustein
Christian Schad
Dr. Haustein was a dermatologist with a specialist interest in syphilis who serviced the prostitutes on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm. In the late 1920s his home became a fashionable salon where many of the distinguished artistic and literary figures of the time would meet. Schad described the unique atmosphere there as being one of "extreme intellectual and erotic freedom where writers, artists, and politicians would mingle with a plethora of scientists, physicians and beautiful women".
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