List of German official war artists
German official war artists were commissioned by the military to create artwork in the context of a specific war.[1]
Official war artists have been appointed by governments for information or propaganda purposes and to record events on the battlefield;[2] but there are many other types of artists depicting the subject or events of war.
First World War
The German military supported soldier-artists during this conflict.[3]
Second World War
After 1939, Luitpold Adam was the head of the German military's Division of Visual Arts, which would expand to include 80 soldier-artists.[3]
- Luitpold Adam[4]
- Herbert Agricola
- Heinrich Amersdorffer[5]
- Elk Eber[3]
- Fritz Erler[3]
- Franz Eichhorst[3]
- Rudolf Hergstenberg
- Conrad Hommel[6]
- Alfred Hierl[6]
- Ernst Krause
- Emile Scheibe[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ McCloskey, Barbara. (2005). Artists of World War II, pp. 41-68.
- ^ National Archives (UK), "'The Art of War,' Learn About the Art."
- ^ a b c d e f g McCloskey, p. 50.
- ^ McCloskey, p. 50; Yenne, William P. German War Art, 1939-1945.
- ^ Klee, Ernst: The Cultural Encyclopedia of the Third Reich - before and after 1945, S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt 2007, S. 15, reprinted 2009. ISBN 3596171539
- ^ a b WW2Talk, German Official War Artists Archived 2010-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, citing German War Art 1939-45 by William Yenne.
References
- McCloskey, Barbara. (2005). Artists of World War II. Westport: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313321535; OCLC 475496457
- Yenne, William P. (1983). German War Art, 1939-1945. New York: Crescent Books. ISBN 9780517348468; OCLC 611620194
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