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His work is frantic. As if he were painting with his heart racing. His life was as tumultuous as his work. He volunteered to serve in the arm during WW1. He suffered a breakdown and was discharged. For the rest of his life he spent some time in asylums. In 1933 the Nazis branded his work as degenerate. A few years later over 600 of his works were destroyed. In 1938 he committed suicide.