What is it about?

The history of the German painter Fidus, or how a nice Theosophist became a Nazi

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Why is it important?

A forgotten artist, but one important both for the history of Theosophy and history of art, is rediscovered

Perspectives

I had fun in revisiting the history of Fidus. But it is also a sad tale of how a German generation of intellectuals was embittered by World War I and seduced by Nazism

Massimo Introvigne

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This page is a summary of: Fidus (1868–1948), Aries, January 2017, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/15700593-01702003.
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