Foni Tissen

Painter

Birthday June 3, 1909

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Luxembourg

DEATH DATE Feb 5, 1975 (65)

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About

Hyperrealist artist and teacher whose best-known works included his darkly comic self-portraits. He was also sought out for his public-speaking skills.

Before Fame

He studied architecture and painting at Paris' Ecole des Beaux-Arts.

Trivia

He was sent to the Hinzert concentration camp during World War II as a result of his protest of the German occupation.

Family Life

His family lived in the southern region of Luxembourg at the time of his birth.

Associated With

He served as a representative of Luxembourg at the 1939 New York World's Fair, an event for which American president Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the opening speech.