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Old postcard from Graz by Austrian painter depicting native family in 1920

submitted by mxcviel to pics 1.6 yearsSep 21, 2023 19:25:06 ago (+14/-0)     (files.catbox.moe)

https://files.catbox.moe/sf0ran.jpg

Text on pic: "Generations come and go, like flowers they wither, like suns they collapse, like wind they are blown apart. But the Folk remains eternally!”
c. 1920, Marta Elisabet Fossel, Austrian.

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Quite interesting history in this picture. Painter was born in the middle of Austria, but moved to its border to Graz, and made this pic of Slovenian family in time of Carinthian plebiscite, probably to encourage them to vote for staying in new Austria state, then already with close ties to Wiemar Germany. She was wrong about "eternally" too, but nice pic.




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germ22 0 points 1.6 years ago

Hmm, yes you seem to be right. It is a bit outdated use of the word, but for the time period of that drawing it would fit.
Your translation is a bit loose, but gets the message across.