The Painter

By: Jay M Londo

Narrated by: Steven James

This story is of my great-grandfather. The woman on the cover is a portrait of my great-grandmother, who he painted. This is what this story is about! As I was told by my great-grandfather during my young life, I became a writer, and I thought it would be good to tell his story. My great grandfather, Ernst Fuchs, was a Jewish and quite a famous Artist in the 1930s, born in Vienna, Austria. He was known for the fantastic, almost unnatural, extraordinary details he captured in his life, like portraits he painted of Nobility and famous people throughout Europe. His paintings are among the most famous of his time. His talents were unmatched.
Ernst comes from a very wealthy, prominent family. He got married to an up-and-coming excellent Jewish painter Named Janina. From the moment they met one another, they fell in love. They ended up then having two daughters. Everything was perfect, like a fairy tale for them, until the Germans invaded their beloved country. Ernst, his wife, young children, his family, and J.

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the raw emotions

I have always liked the truth and the suffering people went through in the dark days of war, and find a way to survive