Manfred Uhlmann

Fred (Manfred) Uhlman was born in Stuttgart in 1901, the son of a well-to-do merchant. He studied law and practised as a lawyer. But, as an active member of the Social Democrat Party, he had to flee from Germany in March 1933. He first went to France, where he embarked on a fresh career as an artist, although he had no training in that field. Uhlman was to become a successful artist, developing a distinctive naïve style that remained unaffected by modern experimental trends but was capable of expressing emotion powerfully, sometimes in a romantic vein, sometimes (as in his internment works) in a darker, more pessimistic tone.

sources:

• Wikipedia
• Slideshow of his artwork
• Association of Jewish Refugees