Nov 5, 2023 at 2:41 PM Update: 13 minutes ago
Museum Arnhem will open an exhibition next week with works made by German artists under the Nazi regime. These also include paintings that Adolf Hitler had hanging on his wall.
The exhibition Art in the Third Reich – Seduction and distraction consists of ninety works created between 1933 and 1945. These are paintings and some sculptures.
The four elements by Adolf Ziegler is one of the works on display. Ziegler’s painting hung in the Führerbau in Munich, where Hitler received guests.
With the exhibition, Museum Arnhem reflects on the art from Nazi Germany. The museum mainly wants to clarify how Hitler’s regime used art to distract and manipulate the population.
The works of art were purchased on a large scale by citizens, the state and Nazi leaders. The participating artists benefited considerably from this. But the state also benefited: art distracted from the criminal practices of the Nazis and was a successful means of seduction for their ideology.
It is the first time since 1944 that these works of art have been brought together in one retrospective exhibition and that a Dutch museum has paid attention to this period on this scale.
Half of the pieces come from the depots of the German Historical Museum in Berlin. The exhibition in Arnhem can be seen from November 12 to March 24.
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2023-11-05 14:44:24
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