Morbid Fact Du Jour For August 24, 2011
August 24th, 2011
Today’s Telling Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
Alfred H. Maurer was the first American painter to be recognized in Paris for his Fauvist landscapes. He studied with Matisse, and seemed to have a bright future. When he went broke, he left France and retreated to his father’s house in New York. What resentment lurked behind his stifled genius remains unknown, though Maurer chose a telling place to hang himself. He was found dangling in the doorway to his father’s bedroom in 1932.
Culled from: Genius and Heroin
