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Jahn became the Art Consultant to the German Embassy in Vienna in 1937, where he would then search for, purchase, and collect individual pieces of Hitler's art, allegedly in order to destroy a majority of the paintings. Jahn sold one of the largest collections of Hitler's art, about 18 pieces, with an average selling price of $50,000. [13]
Hitler strictly controlled his public image in all respects, having himself photographed in any new suit before he would wear it in public, according to Hoffmann, and ordering in 1933 that all images of himself wearing lederhosen be withdrawn from circulation.
Wilhelm Peter Bruno Lohse (17 September 1911 – 19 March 2007) was a German art dealer and SS-Hauptsturmführer who, during World War II, became the chief art looter in Paris for Hermann Göring, helping the Nazi leader amass a vast collection of plundered artworks.
In contrast to the Degenerate Art Gallery, Hitler also made plans to build a giant art museum called the Fuhrermuseum. [8] In this museum he planned to exhibit the many artworks that he acquired. Many of the acquired works were taken in raids during the war. When Germany invaded Austria, there were many raids on the wealthiest families in the city.
During World War II Göring enriched himself on a large scale with art obtained from Jewish art collectors who were plundered and either fled or were deported to their deaths in Nazi camps. At the end of the war, Göring's personal collection included 1,375 paintings, many sculptures, carpets, furniture and other artifacts.
Der Bannerträger (The Standard Bearer) is a painting by the Austrian artist Hubert Lanzinger of a stylized Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party and German Führer. The painting portrays Hitler sitting on a black horse, wearing armor in the manner of a 15th-century knight and carrying a Nazi flag that billows behind him. [1]
Later on, in 1945, Göring gave Hitler 17 paintings and 4 bronzes from the Naples Museum. These had been confiscated by the Hermann Göring Panzer Division while they were being shipped to safety from Monte Cassino to the Vatican, and were later presented to the Reichsmarschall at Carinhall, [14] his "hunting lodge/art gallery/imperial palace ...
BBC inspects art stash; Video: "Hitler's Art Dealer" – short documentary, c. 2017 by Mounia El Aboudi / University of the Arts London; Video: "Bestandsaufnahme Gurlitt – Behind the Art" – 2017 video, 25 mins, based around the 2017 Bonn and Bern exhibitions; BBC Arts: Nazi art dealer's secret hoard revealed after half a century Article, 9 ...