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In his native Germany he developed an interest in Dada and Surrealism and in Bauhaus artists such as Paul Klee. He moved to London from Hamburg in the early 1930s with his brother Bill (1904–83), who became famous as a photographer.\r\n\r\nThis is one of nine illustrations that Brandt made for the children’s book <i>The Story of a Tree</i> by Stephen McFarlane. Charting the passage of a tree from forest to sawmill to carpenter’s workshop to toyshop, the images are a charming example of illustration for children at the end of the Second World War. Brandt’s interest in Surrealism is evident in some of the illustrations, especially the cover page, where the trees take on the forms of furniture and toys.","physicalDescription":"Gouache painting on thick paper pasted to brown cardboard support which has residual glue marks etc. Image is of a workshop with a man in a cap and white apron ( as in previous illustration) planing wood at a bench. 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