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The Painter Who Lived Mallorca: Franz Taussig and His Century-Old Secret

Franz Taussig on Mallorca: The Painter and His Pseudonym

Explore how a Prague-born artist lived on Mallorca in the 1920s, later known as Francis Caron.

Published: September 26, 2026
The Painter Who Lived Mallorca: Franz Taussig and His Century-Old Secret

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Who was Franz Taussig and what is his link to Mallorca?

Franz Heinrich Taussig was a painter born in the Prague region who settled on Mallorca in 1926. He used the pseudonym Francis Caron for some work, including the book Majorca: The Diary of a Painter. His Mallorca diary and drawings offer intimate views of street scenes, neighborhoods, and everyday life before mass tourism.

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