Sergius Pauser

[4] Adolf Hitler personally tore three pictures by Sergius Pauser off the walls of an exhibition at the “Haus der deutschen Kunst” in Munich, along with works by Kolig.

[1] He was labeled politically unreliable and was denied any further promotions, eventually ended up in a concentration camp, where he met the German actor Curd Jürgens.

[6] After the liberation of Austria Pauser was fully rehabilitated and reinstalled as a teacher at the[Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna].

[5] His two proposed pictures were rejected by the Austrian chancellor which created considerable controversy in Austria and abroad.

Instead the Austrian government in defiance of public tender regulations hired another painter allegedly a friend of the chancellor.