Who is The Artist, Jaromil's art teacher from Life Is Elsewhere and what is their importance? Life_Is_Elsewhere English & Literature "The Artist

The artist is Jaromil's art teacher. He later becomes Maman's lover. The artist has his own specific theories about surrealism that he shares with both Jaromil and his mother. When the artist refuses to adjust to the new regime's style of socialist realism, Jaromil breaks with him.