Hi, Does anyone know of any german war artists? I've seen some pieces in the past, however my google results produced nothing! Cheers Soren
Soren this is the first hit when I Googled. "official german war art" Nazi War Art Wilhelm Sauter Franz Eichhorst Georg Lebrecht Otto Engelhardt-Kyffhäuser etc etc etc Kunst im Deutschen Reich Nazi Art Magazines - Kunst im deutschen Reich Haus der Deutschen Kunst, Part 1 have a look here too (edit look at this first, they're bloody amazing) Haus der Deutschen Kunst 3
Some more names to Google from 'German war art 1939-45' by William P Yenne (Nice book that on checking seems to be quite easily found on Abebooks... sadly not for the 50p I paid for mine) : Luitpold Adam Heinrich Knirr Fritz Freitag Karl Busch Conrad Hommel Elk Eber Willy Hermann Karl Raible Alfred Hierl Muller-Gera Eduard von Handel-Mazzetti Max Ahrens Harold Schwertifiger (might be up your street Soren, nice pencil stuff) Josef Arens (similar thing) Hans Boehme Albert Janesch Walter rose Ernst widmann N.Bohnsteen Herman Kohlmann Helmut Georg Arno koenig Herbert Agricola Egon grabner Olaf Jordan Rudolf henzel walter Preiss Otto Bloss Friedhelm froemer fritz friedel Heinz Hindorf That's pretty much all the ones mentioned relating to the western campaign, there's a load more in sections concerning the eastern war, Air, Sea, and German home front, I can tap 'em in if those above prove worth a shufti? Cheers, Adam
I've been enjoying the German Season on BBC4. I thought I'd give a heads up on this one as some of you may find it of interest. It's not only about Hitler but art in Germany for all the 20th Century & ends with post-war artists not letting them forget what they did. BBC - BBC Four Programmes - The Art of Germany, In the Shadow of Hitler Andrew Graham-Dixon concludes his exploration of German art by investigating the dark and difficult times of the 20th century. Dominating the landscape is the figure of Adolf Hitler - failed artist, would-be architect and obsessed with the aesthetics of his 1,000-year Reich. In a series of extraordinary building projects and exhibitions, Hitler waged a propaganda war against every kind of modern art as a prelude to unleashing total war on the whole of Europe. After the war the shadow of the Third Reich persisted, Germany remained divided and traumatised. How would artists deal with a past that everybody wanted to forget? From the work of Otto Dix and George Grosz and the age of the Bauhaus to the post-war painters Georg Baselitz, Hilla Becher and the conceptual artist Joseph Beuys is a long strange journey, but the signs are there that art has a place at the heart of the new reunited Germany.
Liska is the best, for combat stuff The SP:WaW Fort: Hans Liska dont forget the great Ludwig Holhwein - gave the nazi's their Aryan "face" as it were Ludwig hohlwein - Google Search he started the war in advertising, actually started prior to Ww1 Liska continued after the war in advertising hans liska - Google Search You can find Liska's work in cheap book form on ebay germany and also Hohlweins seminal work on Abe etc, but that's about a grand for a good one
During the Trouble Mk.2 my father was an artillery officer and later he worked in the civil aviation authority for a while. As such he was offered propaganda materials from the embassies on both sides, among which quite an interesting booklet on Hans Liska watercolours. Quite interesting that one, my brother inherited it in the end while I got a book on Nazi architecture with plenty of impressive photos if you go for that style. My brother out-aging me for 12 years managed to swindle me for Dad's collection of Signal, Die Wehrmacht, Der Adler, The Sphere, Illustrated London News etc. Later on I managed to dig out a bound volume of The Sphere for 1943. Curiously I also managed to find another Brit propaganda book whose name I can't remember now, but which has the signature of a fellow who went on to be defence secretary, but most interesting is inside the book is something I'll make a scan of later in the day as the book is at home. I'll come back to this thread.
Wolfgang Willrich , mostly portraits of RK holders, ordinary soldiers, the leaders, Generals, but all very good quality. Will post a few examples later tonight.
