In 1943 WW was ordered by a Nazi official who
had impregnated an Ucrainian woman to abort
the child in the seventh month of pregnacy. For
this reason he was banned from practising
medicine, and he was forbidden to set foot in the
hospital where he was head consultant of the
department of ginecology.
Despite having passed the age of conscription, he
was recalled to Arms against his will for the rest
of the duration of the war.
The artist painted this picture in 1957 in memory
of this event.
Wilhelm Webels, during an expressionist art exhibition,
witnessed a mother and her two children burst into laughter
whilst looking at the exhibited works.
Back at home, Webels painted this picture and titled it
“Buggers”.
He then changed the title to “Ignoramus”
This picture was choosen by his granddaughter Christiane
Webels as the logo and representative painting for the
permanent exhibition of artworks of Wilhelm Webels at her
restaurant “Il Ritrovo degli Artisti “ in Sestola (Modena ) from
2006 to 2012.
