Darin, when you dive, you dive deep! Excellent article. Hoffmann would have been a rockstar had he served a different master. In the collection is there an equal amount of Allied content? What happened to all the work that was in the blessed museum after the war?
So fascinating that so much of Nazi art was geared toward propaganda yet could be quite beautiful. As a whole it came off as nationalistic but individually it could have come from anywhere. Thus the need for the portfolio.
I don‘t think that it could be called Nazi art, as in, the Nazi’s commissioned it, but rather art that they liked, promoted, and emphasized. Having said that, there are the, “Blessings of God” folks, and they did create art specifically for the regime to use for propaganda purposes.
Darin, when you dive, you dive deep! Excellent article. Hoffmann would have been a rockstar had he served a different master. In the collection is there an equal amount of Allied content? What happened to all the work that was in the blessed museum after the war?
The greatest irony about the hall of German art is, it now exhibits modern art, of the most entartete kind.
So fascinating that so much of Nazi art was geared toward propaganda yet could be quite beautiful. As a whole it came off as nationalistic but individually it could have come from anywhere. Thus the need for the portfolio.
I don‘t think that it could be called Nazi art, as in, the Nazi’s commissioned it, but rather art that they liked, promoted, and emphasized. Having said that, there are the, “Blessings of God” folks, and they did create art specifically for the regime to use for propaganda purposes.
Thanks for writing about this - a subject up until now I knew nothing about!
Thank you, Logan. I am glad that you liked it.
Another fascinating article Darin - I never knew about how Nazi's used art as propaganda, so thanks for giving me a better understanding.
You’re welcome, Lin. I am glad that you found it interesting.