Felix Moscheles

Felix Moscheles
Felix Moscheles (1833–1917) was a British painter, author, and peace activist, known for his involvement in international arbitration and pacifism. The son of renowned pianist Ignaz Moscheles, Felix was deeply involved in the arts and politics, advocating for peace through organizations like the International Arbitration and Peace Association. As a writer, he penned several works, including "In Bohemia with Du Maurier" (1896), which details his friendship with artist George du Maurier, and "Fragments of an Autobiography" (1899), offering insights into his own life and pacifist ideals. Moscheles was also a dedicated spiritualist, which influenced some of his writings.

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I. WITH DU MAURIER AND FRIENDS. "I well remember" my first meeting with du Maurier in the class-rooms of the famous Antwerp Academy. I was painting and blagueing, as one paints and blagues in the storm and stress period of one's artistic development. It had been my good fortune to commence my studies in Paris; it was there, in the atelier Gleyre, I had cultivated, I think I may say, very... more...

the terrors of a certain night when the wind was howling and the rain was beating down in torrents over the arid plains of the Lüneburger Haide; between them they had blown or blotted out the flickering lights of a heavy, lumbering travelling carriage such as one used to hire in the so-called good old times. The horses were plunging in the mire, the postillion was swearing, and a very small boy was... more...