Born Susanne Sch\u00fcller in Vienna in 1927, Jewish painter Soshana fled the Nazi regime at the age of eleven. Exiled to the United States, she met the painter Beys Afroyim, first her mentor, then her husband. Under the name Soshana, she established herself as a major figure in modernist painting, depicting in her portraits famous exiles such as Thomas Mann, Otto Klemperer and Franz Werfel. Back in Europe in the 1950s, she rubbed shoulders with artists such as Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso. Her political works reflect the crises of her time: totalitarian regimes, conflicts in the Middle East, war in ex-Yugoslavia, etc. Soshana’s life makes her an important witness of the 20th century. The documentary commemorates her by sharing her ideas of respect, openness to the world and coexistence between all human beings, regardless of their origin, religion or skin color. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Born Susanne Sch\u00fcller in Vienna in 1927, the Jewish painter Soshana fled the Nazi regime at the age of eleven. Exiled to the United States, she met the painter Beys Afroyim, who first became her mentor and later her husband. Under the name Soshana, she emerged as a major figure in modernist painting, creating portraits of famous exiles such as Thomas Mann, Otto Klemperer, and Franz Werfel. In the 1950s, she returned to Europe, where she associated with artists like Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso. Her politically charged works reflect the turmoil of her time: totalitarian regimes, conflicts in the Middle East, and the war in former Yugoslavia. Soshana\u2019s life makes her an important witness to the 20th century. The documentary commemorates her by sharing her ideas of respect, openness to the world, and coexistence among all human beings, regardless of their origin, religion, or skin color. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22531,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"genre":[2420],"nationalities":[2443],"editions":[2497],"class_list":["post-22561","film","type-film","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","genre-documentaries","nationalities-austria","editions-2026-con"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evropafilmakt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/film\/22561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evropafilmakt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/film"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evropafilmakt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/film"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evropafilmakt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evropafilmakt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evropafilmakt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=22561"},{"taxonomy":"nationalities","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evropafilmakt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nationalities?post=22561"},{"taxonomy":"editions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evropafilmakt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/editions?post=22561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}