Franz Monjau

Franz Monjau (30 January 1903, Cologne - 28 February 1945, KZ Buchenwald) was a German Expressionist painter and art teacher.

[1] After completing his primary education, he enrolled at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he studied from 1922 to 1926; originally with Willy Spatz, then as a Master Student of Heinrich Nauen.

A major commission at GeSoLei was followed by two paintings for the Department of the History of Science, depicting Albertus Magnus and the witch-hunt opponent, Johann Weyer.

[2] Not long after that, his mother, Paula, was transported to Theresienstadt and he became fearful for his own safety, as Half-Jews (Mischlings) were subject to a complicated and changing body of laws.

In 1998, following Mieke's death, the "Stiftung Monjau-Levin" was created and a large collection of children's drawings, obtained from her husband and Levin, were given an official place at the Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf [de].