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Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung
The Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung (Great German Art Exhibition) was held a total of eight times from 1937 to 1944 in the purpose-built Haus der Deutschen Kunst in Munich. It was representative of art under National Socialism. History The ''Great German Art Exhibition'', which spanned the first floor, the upper floor and the two-story "Hall of Honour" in the centre of the building, was promoted as the most important cultural event in National Socialist Germany. The show was conceived as a sales exhibition; artists could be represented with several works (usually up to ten works), and sometimes non-saleable works, such as loans, were also exhibited. During each exhibition, a "special show" gave a selected artist the opportunity to present himself more comprehensively. While the organizational and technical part of the exhibition preparation was the responsibility of the "Haus der Deutschen Kunst (Neuer Glaspalast)" as an institution under public law, the overall artistic dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haus Der Kunst
The ''Haus der Kunst'' (, ''House of Art'') is a non-collecting modern and contemporary art museum in Munich, Germany. It is located at Prinzregentenstraße 1 at the southern edge of the Englischer Garten, Munich's largest park. History Nazi Germany The building was constructed from 1933 to 1937 following plans of architect Paul Ludwig Troost as Nazi Germany's first monumental structure of Nazi architecture and as Nazi propaganda. The museum, then called ''Haus der Deutschen Kunst'' ("House of German Art"), was opened on 18 July 1937 as a showcase for what the Nazi Party regarded as Germany's finest art, with celebrations including a historical pageant and a military parade. The inaugural exhibition was the ''Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung'' ("Great German Art Exhibition"), which was intended as an edifying contrast to the condemned modern art on display in the concurrent Degenerate Art Exhibition. On 15 and 16 July 1939, the ''Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung'' inside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Feyerabend
Erich Feyerabend (19 November 1889, Rees - 18 October 1945, Bad Friedrichshall) was a German painter and woodcut artist. Life and work Although born in western Germany, he grew up and completed a commercial apprenticeship in Berlin. Later, he was admitted to the Berlin University of the Arts, where he studied with the landscape painter, Friedrich Kallmorgen, among others. During World War I, he was a Lieutenant in the reserves, and worked as a war artist. Upon completing his studies, he became a free-lance artist and graphic designer. It was then that he produced his first woodcuts, of fairy tales and legends, that were used as book illustrations; notably for a new edition of ', an epic by Friedrich Wilhelm Weber. He also began exhibiting, and joined the Deutscher Künstlerbund. His career proceeded uneventfully, until the Nazi seizure of power. Following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg in 1934, he was one of the signatories to a document, presented by the "A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Nerlinger
Oskar Nerlinger (23 March 1893 – 25 August 1969) was a German painter. His work was part of the Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics#Painting, painting event in the Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics, art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. References 1893 births 1969 deaths 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters Olympic competitors in art competitions People from Enzkreis {{Germany-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Kocks
Fred Kocks (24 January 1905 – 1989) in Düsseldorf was a German landscape and figure painter, draughtsman and lithographer as well as curator, museum director and author. Life Born in Ulm, Kocks studied painting with the Düsseldorf landscape painter Helmuth Liesegang. Study trips took him to the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Italy. As a line-loyal member of the Nazi Party as well as protégé, "text designer and artistic collaborator" of the Düsseldorf Gauleiter Friedrich Karl Florian, he made a career in the Düsseldorf cultural administration in the 1930s. He quickly rose to become curator of the Museum Kunstpalast and director of the Alte Kunsthalle. There, he organised in particular the seasonal exhibitions of Düsseldorf artists. At the same time, he continued to be active as a painter. With the oil painting ''Sommeridyll am Bach'' he was represented at the Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung in the Haus der Kunst in Munich in 1942. In 1943 he presented his paint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Knirr
Heinrich Knirr (2 September 1862 – 26 May 1944) was an Austrian-born German painter, known for genre scenes and portraits, although he also did landscapes and still-lifes. He is best-known for creating the official portrait of Adolf Hitler for 1937 and is the only artist known to have painted Hitler from life.Heinrich Knirr's portraits of Hitler @ Bauman Conservation. Biography He was born in Pantschowa (in modern day ). He studied at the |
Walther Klemm
Walther Klemm (June 18, 1883 – August 11, 1957) was a German painter, printmaker, and illustrator. He was born in Karlsbad and studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the University of Vienna. In 1904 he exhibited with the Vienna Secession and moved to Prague and established a studio with Carl Thiemann. Klemm and Thiemann moved to the Dachau art colony in 1908 and both joined the Berlin Secession and Deutscher Künstlerbund around 1910. Klemm was appointed professor of graphics at the Weimar Saxon Grand Ducal Art School in 1913 and after the Second World War aided in the reconstruction of the Weimar Art School. In 1952 he was named an honorary senator of the Weimar School of Architecture and Civil and Structural Engineering (now absorbed by the Bauhaus University, Weimar The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is a university located in Weimar, Germany, and specializes in the artistic and technical fields. Established in 1860 as the Great Ducal Saxon Art Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Klein (artist)
Richard Klein (January 7, 1890 – July 31, 1967) was a German artist, known for his work as a medallist from the start of World War I in 1914, and mainly for his work as a favoured artist of the Nazi regime. Klein was director of the Munich School of Applied Arts and was one of Adolf Hitler's favourite painters. Klein was one of the artists exhibited at the ''Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung'' (Great German Art Exhibition) held at the Haus der Kunst in Munich in 1937, meant as a contrast to the modern art condemned by the Third Reich as degenerate art (''entartete Kunst''). Klein's work at the exhibition included plaques contributed from Hitler's private collection. The poster for the exhibition, ''Das Erwachen'' (The Awakening), was designed by Klein and also used as the front cover for the Nazi art periodical '' Die Kunst im Deutschen Reich'' (Art in the Third Reich). Klein also designed Nazi awards and decorations. These included, the Sudetenland Medal, Anschluss Medal, and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Kirchner (painter)
Otto Kirchner (1887, Eckartshausen – 1960) was a German painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ... of portraits and genre scenes. AskArt. Retrieved on 2012-05-21. German portrait and genre painter Otto Kirchner was born in 1887 in Eckartshausen, Lower Franconia. From 1908 to 1909 Kirchner was a student of a private drawing school in Dusseldorf. In the years from 1910 to 1911 he took a study trip to Italy and Switzerland. In 1913, Kirchner studied at the Munich Academy under Martin Feuerstein. Kirchner first worked i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Kips
Erich Conrad Friedrich Kips (17 January 1869, Berlin - 26 September 1945, Berlin) was a German landscape and cityscape painter. His pictures were often reproduced for advertising posters, calendars, and postcards. Biography He was born to Johan Friedrich Kips (1829–1903), a room and sign painter, and his wife, Wilhelmine Friederike Rosalie née Müller (1832–1895). His older brother, , also became a landscape painter. In 1887, he began attending classes at the of the Arts and Crafts Museum, where he studied with Emil Doepler and Max Friedrich Koch. In 1889, he transferred to the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe. He also studied portrait painting with Caspar Ritter. His first commission came while he was there; a painting to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the lamp company, Schwintzer & Gräff. In 1893, he went to the United States to create decorations in the German pavilion at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Some of his award-winning designs were d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Kampf
Arthur Kampf (28 September 1864 in Aachen – 8 February 1950 in Castrop-Rauxel) was a German painter. He was associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Life Kampf studied under Peter Janssen, among others, at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1879 to 1881. In 1886, Kampf exhibitedThe Last Statement" The painting's enormous size (1425 x 1122 in.) and controversial subject matter brought Kampf instant fame, and laid the foundation for the types of works he would be characterized by for the rest of his career. In 1888, a second paintingsolidified Kampf's artistic renown as a painter specializing in historical documentation. After completing his education, he became a professor at the Kunstakademie and taught there until 1889, when he moved to Berlin. There he continued to teach at the local Kunstakademie. In 1911, Kampf was assigned the role of creating the German pavilion at the International Art Exposition of Rome. In 1914, Kampf and art historian, Ludwig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Jank
Angelo Jank (30 October 1868 in Munich – 9 October 1940 in Munich) was a German animal painter, illustrator and member of the Munich Secession. He was the son of the German painter Christian Jank and specialized in scenes with horses and riders. Biography After graduating from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in 1888, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1891 to 1896 with Ludwig von Löfftz and Paul Hoecker and exhibited with several art societies at the Glaspalast. In 1898, he had his first showing with members of the Munich Secession. From 1899 to 1907, he was a teacher at the Women's Academy of the Munich Artists' Association. He was then appointed a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, succeeding Wilhelm von Diez. In 1922, following the retirement of Heinrich von Zügel, Jank succeeded him as Professor of Animal Painting. Later, he was elected first Chairman of the "Association of Visual Artists" and presided over their exhibitions at the Glaspalast. For many years, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Hommel
Conrad Hommel (16 February 1883 – 11 November 1971) was a German painter. He was best known for his portraits of leading German entrepreneurs such as Max Grundig, Herbert Quandt, and politicians such as Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring and Paul von Hindenburg. Life Hommel was born in Mainz, where his father was a counselor. His sister married Albert Friedrich Speer and would be the mother of architect Albert Speer. Hommel married Carolina Schultheiss (1869–1938), divorced of the painter Georg Schuster Woldan, in 1908. He became stepfather to her daughter, Eva van Hoboken (1905–1987), who took the name Eva Hommel.Ernst Klee: ''Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945''. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, S. 265–266. In 1908, Hommel studied in the studio of the French academic painter Jean-Paul Laurens in Paris. He returned to Germany the following year, joining the Munich Academy on 19 October 1909, where he studied painting with Hugo von Haber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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