Historical information

Painted by Dr Otto Rubitschung for Christmas 1942

Significance

Kakadu - Tatura - Weihnnachten, 1942. Oil painting of a white cockatoo by Dr Otto Rubitschung, a German Templer from jaffa, Palestine, who was interned in Camp 3. The painting is mounted on plywood board.

Physical description

Painting of sulphur crested white cockatoo. Claws around a brown bough. Gold edge around painting. Unframed.

Inscriptions & markings

Dr O.R. front bottom left hand corner. On the back "Schwefelgelb Schopfiger, Weisser Australischer "Kakadu" Tatura. Weihnachten 1942"