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Wilhelm Peter Bruno Lohse (17 September 1911 – 19 March 2007) was a German art dealer and SS-Hauptsturmführer who, during World War II, became the chief art looter in Paris for Hermann Göring, helping the Nazi leader amass a vast collection of plundered artworks. During the war, Göring boasted that he owned the largest private art ...
During World War II, the relations between art and war can be articulated around two main issues. First, art (and, more generally, culture) found itself at the centre of an ideological war. Second, during World War II, many artists found themselves in the most difficult conditions (in an occupied country, in internment camps , in death camps ...
The Nazi propaganda murals were repainted at the end of World War II. Photo: Dorneth, 1936 [1] Franz Eichhorst (Berlin 7 September 1885 – 30 April 1948 Innsbruck) was a German painter, engraver and illustrator, one of a number of German artists known for his war paintings supporting the Nazi regime. [2]
The German Nazi Party stored art, gold and other objects that had been either plundered or moved for safekeeping during World War II at various storage sites.These sites included salt mines at Altaussee and Merkers and a copper mine at Siegen.
German official war artists were commissioned by the military to create artwork in the context of a specific war. [1]Official war artists have been appointed by governments for information or propaganda purposes and to record events on the battlefield; [2] but there are many other types of artists depicting the subject or events of war.
William Alexander (born Wilhelm Alexander; [1] 2 April 1915 – 24 January 1997), known as Bill Alexander on his TV show, was a German painter, art instructor, and television host. He was the creator and host of The Magic of Oil Painting (1974–1982) television series that ran on PBS in the United States. He co-wrote The Art of Bill Alexander ...
At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the Bremen Art Museum (German: Kunsthalle Bremen) was closed and its priceless paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture were stored in the basement. Bremen, an important manufacturing center, became an early target for Allied strategic bombing. On the night of 5 September 1942, a fire bomb destroyed ...
Venus of Hohle Fels, 42,000 to 40,000 BP, the oldest known figurative work of art (true height 6 cm (2.4 in)). The area of modern Germany is rich in finds of prehistoric art, including the Löwenmensch, the world´s oldest statue, and the Venus of Hohle Fels, found in the Swabian Alps.