Note 6

Posted by Genjo on October 19th, 2008 filed in Notes

Wohl is reported as occasionally taking on the persona of an amateur painter. He was seen in Paris and Amsterdam at well-known tourist spots making paintings which were never completed. Most of his time seemed to be spent in long conversations with passers-by, who complimented him on his technique but were puzzled by his reluctance to finish anything. One or two brave souls asked if they could buy a painting, offering quite large sums for a completed work. Wohl’s response was on each occasion the same. He quietly pulled from his paint box a heavy old pistol and fired it into the air, saying he would shoot himself if he ever saw them again. Not surprisingly these transactions, like the paintings, were never completed.