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Austrian State Museum in Vienna. His elder brother Carl was a fellow student. He travelled widely in his youth, through Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey and Scandinavia. Aged 19, he became editor and cartoonist of a
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in 1955 and worked as a freelance artist. He suffered a period of severe depression and hospitalisation, during which his wife, Clara, died. Following his incarceration, Joss left
England for the Far East. In Japan he began to draw and paint again in the area he referred to as "the sacred hills of
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also appeared which was a comical comment on the news of the week. Annual Joss cartoon booklets were published in a similar format to those for Denim, containing 200 cartoons; the pick of each year.
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took on the form of small pocket-sized cartoons on sheets of airmail paper drawn with a fountain pen and blue pencil, which he carried in the field-dressing packet of his denims.
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in costume ran on the front page heralding her discovery in the play. He was also there to record the first black dance company in Europe, Les Ballet NĂ©gres, formed in 1946.
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magazine, then titled Art News and Review. When in India, Joss also met Abu Abrahim, who later came to London to work for
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