German Art Gallery is pleased to offer the following artworks:
1. Select pieces owned by Nazi Leaders
Possessed by Chancellor Adolf Hitler:
Claus Bergen
‘Wiedererstanden, U-26‘ (‘Resurrection of the U-26’)
Claus Bergen, Wiedererstanden, U-26 – GermanArt
Johan Schult
‘Erwartung’ (‘Expectations’)
Johann Schult, Erwartung – GermanArt
Friedrich Stahl
‘S. Francesco in Fiesole’ (‘Monastery of San Francesco in Fiesole’, near Florence, Italy)
Friedrich Stahl, S. Francesco in Fiesole – GermanArt
Rudolf Hermann Eisenmenger
Gobelin: ‘Du bist Deutschland’ (‘You are Germany’)
Gobelin ‘Du bist Deutschland’ – GermanArt
Pieces owned by Friedrich Karl Florian, Gauleiter of Düsseldorf:
Friedrich Wilhelm Kalb
‘Pandora’
Friedrich Wilhem Kalb, Pandora – GermanArt
Sepp Happ
‘Über allem aber steht unsere Infanterie’ (‘Above all stands our Infantry’)
Über allem aber steht unsere Infanterie – GermanArt
Piece owned by Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels:
Georg Sluyterman von Langeweyde
‘Rast in der Heide’ (‘Rest in the Heather’)
‘Rest in the Heather’- GermanArt
Pieces owned by Reich Minister Albert Speer:
Hans Neudecker
‘Herbsttag’ (‘The Autumn Day’)
Hanns Neudecker, Herbsttag – GermanArt
Erich Mercker
‘Ein Rüstungswerk Entsteht’ (‘Armaments Factory construction’)
Erich Mercker, ein Rüstungswerk Entsteht – GermanArt
Piece owned by Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler’s court photographer:
Karl Truppe
‘Rückenakt’ (‘Reclining Female Nude’)
Karl Truppe, Rückenakt – GermanArt
Piece owned by Minister of Foreign Affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop:
Otto Hamel
‘Prag’ (’City of Prag’)
Otto Hamel, Prag – GermanArt
Piece owned by Paul Giesler, Gauleiter of Munich-Upper Bavaria, and Ministerpräsident of Bavaria:
Matthäus Bayer
‘MG-Schütze’ (‘Machine Gunner’, soldier in combat-ready stance, armed with an MG 42)
Matthäus Bayer, MG-Schütze – GermanArt
Piece owned by German Labour Front President Robert Ley:
Erwin Knirr
‘Das Erwachen’ (‘Waking Up’)
Erwin Knirr, Das Erwachen – GermanArt
Piece owned by Otto Meissner (1880 – 1953), head of the Office of the President of Germany from 1920 to 1945 during the Weimar Republic under Friedrich Ebert, Paul von Hindenburg and under the Nazi government under Adolf Hitler:
Georg Lebrecht
‘Ums Morgenroth’ (‘At Daybrake’)
Georg Lebrecht, Ums Morgenrot – GermanArt
Piece owned by August von Finck, owner of the private bank Merck, Finck & Co, also known as the ‘Führer’s Bank’:
Ludwig Platzöder
‘Äpfel-Stilleben’ (‘Apple Still Life’)
Ludwig Platzöder, Äpfel-Stilleben – GermanArt
2. Pieces owned by Third Reich Institutions
Piece possessed by the Lufgaukommando VII (Munich):
Ludwig Platzoder
‘Stilleben mit roter Weste und Hut’ (‘Still life with red Waistcoat and Hat’)
‘Stilleben mit roter Weste und Hut – GermanArt
Piece owned by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium/ Officers Mess in the Luftfahrtforschungsanstalt Hermann Göring near Braunschweig:
Karl Schlageter
‘Obsternte’ (‘Fruit-harvest’)
Karl Schlageter, Obsternte – GermanArt
Piece owned by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium/ Officers Mess in the Luftfahrtforschungsanstalt Hermann Göring near Braunschweig:
Karl Schlageter
‘Vesper’ (‘End of the Working Day’)
Karl Schlageter, Vesper – GermanArt
Piece owned by the German embassy in Bratislava (formerly Pressburg), Slovakia:
Fritz Erler
‘Adolf Hitler’
Fritz Erler, Adolf Hitler – GermanArt
Piece owned by the Spreti Kaserne (military barracks) in Ingolstadt (Grenadier-Ersatz-Battaillon 63):
Matthäus Bayer
Over life-size ‘Panzerknacker I’ (‘Tank Breaker I’)
Matthäus Bayer, Panzerknacker I – GermanArt
Piece owned by the Spreti Kaserne (military barracks) in Ingolstadt (Grenadier-Ersatz-Battaillon 63):
Matthäus Bayer
Over life-size ‘Panzerknacker II’ (‘Tank Breaker II’)
Matthäus Bayer, Panzerknacker II – GermanArt
Piece intended for Carinhall (part of the gobelin now in The Louvre):
Werner Peiner
‘Der Thronhimmel’, gobelin design for Carinhall
Werner Peiner, Der Thronhimmel, Gobelin Design for Carinhall – GermanArt
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