Clement Moreau (1903 – 1988)
Bus Stop, Argentina
18 x 23 inches
gouache on board
Signed and dated 1942, lower right

Clement Moreau
Born Joseph Carl Meffert in Germany, he befriended Käthe Kollwitz and Otto Nagel in Berlin in the 1930s. Thanks to their support, Meffert produced graphic works as well as book and magazine illustrations for the workers’ press.
Until 1935 Meffert lived as an illegal political emigrant in Switzerland and henceforth called himself Clément Moreau. To escape his threatening arrest, Moreau traveled to Argentine exile in 1935, where he lived and worked until 1961.
In 1982 his birthplace honored him with the cultural award of the city of Koblenz. This was followed by exhibitions and honors such as the Cultural Prize of the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions in 1987 and the Cultural Prize of the German Federation of Trade Unions in 1988.