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[citation needed] All artists who did not fall in line with the party's ideology (above all Jewish and Communist artists) were “un-German.” The Degenerate Art Exhibition (Munich, 19 July-30 Nov. 1937) was made out of works confiscated in German museums. The works were placed in unflattering ways, with derogatory comments and slogans painted ...
Thomas "Tom" Calloway Lea III (July 11, 1907 – January 29, 2001) was an American muralist, illustrator, artist, war correspondent, novelist, and historian.The bulk of his art and literary works were about Texas, north-central Mexico, and his World War II experience in the South Pacific and Asia.
The years of warfare were the backdrop for art which is now preserved and displayed in such institutions as the Imperial War Museum in London and the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. Iconic memorials created after the war are designed as symbols of remembrance and as carefully contrived works of art.
The Best of Life, 1973 David E. Scherman (March 2, 1916 – May 5, 1997) was an American photojournalist and editor. Born in Manhattan to a Celia née Harris and William Scherman [ 1 ] , Jewish family, [ 2 ] he grew up in New Rochelle, New York and then attended Dartmouth College .
A large plan was drafted by the Nazis for much of the stolen art to be featured in a so-called Führermuseum, [4] which would display much of the art plundered by the Nazis. This museum would feature works that were not considered to be " degenerate art " and would instead solely focus on the aesthetics that Hitler considered to be "good", and ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 January 2025. Aerial bombing attacks in 1945 You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (June 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations ...
According to a conversation in August 1939, one month before the outbreak of World War II, published in The British War Blue Book, Hitler told British ambassador Nevile Henderson, "I am an artist and not a politician. Once the Polish question is settled, I want to end my life as an artist." [7] [5]
[2] [8] These were the smallest of the drawings produced during her time as a war artist. Unlike the work produced by the other artists, which often featured detailed scenes and backgrounds, Kessell's subjects are entirely removed from any sense of background. The subject themselves, primarily women and children, are drawn as "detail-less ...