Holocaust Museum special exhibit on Charlotte Salomon: 'Remarkable gouaches unveil a vivid self-portrait'

The Holocaust Museum Houston posted about a new exhibit titled, "Charlotte Salomon: Life? Or Theatre?" based on the life of Charlotte Salomon, a German artist who was killed in the Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust. 

Salomon's paintings are mostly portraits, of herself and of those she knew. The exhibit will be available for viewing until Dec. 4.

"These remarkable gouaches unveil a vivid self-portrait spanning across all facets of Salomon’s existence: from a complicated family life, growing up in Berlin, the rise of the Nazis, to her exile to France. Learn more and get tickets" a post to the Houston Holocaust Museum's official Facebook page said on Sept. 12. 

The main exhibition is a self-portrait painted from 200 gouaches on paper that Salomon hid from Nazis when trying to flee. The HMH goes over Charlotte Salomon's life as a struggle within her own family along with being Jewish during the rise of the Nazis. 

Salomon's grandfather revealed to her the tragedies of family members who had committed suicide while they were taking refuge in France. While hiding in France, Salomon married Alexander Nagler in an attempt to get a marriage license that revealed them to the authorities. Salomon was captured by the Nazis and killed upon arrival at Auschwitz in 1943, according to the HMH website.