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]

See also

Notes

  1. McCloskey, Barbara. (2005). Artists of World War II, pp. 41-68.
  2. National Archives (UK), "'The Art of War,' Learn About the Art."
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 McCloskey, p. 50.
  4. McCloskey, p. 50; Yenne, William P. German War Art, 1939-1945.
  5. Klee, Ernst: The Cultural Encyclopedia of the Third Reich - before and after 1945, S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt 2007, S. 15, reprinted 2009. ISBN 3596171539
  6. 1 2 WW2Talk, German Official War Artists Archived 2010-07-22 at the Wayback Machine., citing German War Art 1939-45 by William Yenne.

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