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Following Hitler’s rise to power and increasingly anti-Semitic legislation, Alva moved to Paris in 1933, afterwards settling in London. Following Churchill’s directive to ‘Collar the Lot’ in mid-1940, he was also briefly interned as an ‘enemy alien’ on the Isle of Man.
In this scene the refugee procession is depicted without background or context, conveying a sense of both distance and desolation. The anonymity of the figures evokes the systematic mistreatment of an entire race under the Nazi regime and symbolises the turmoil of the Jews forced to leave their homes across Europe during the Holocaust.
Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
London
Title
Exodus
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 69.8 x W 90 cm
Accession number
1996-8
Acquisition method
on loan from Mr and Mrs Alweiss, since 1996
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Alva
