Haus der Deutschen Kunst,
Munich
Part 3 -- Military
Themes
Military themes were popular in
the Greater German Art Exhibitions, even before the beginning of World War II. As the war
went on, military artwork gained more prominence, and even began to show the war's
wearying effects on soldiers.
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"Die letzte Handgranate"
(The Last Hand Grenade) by Elk Eber, 1937. This work was commissioned by Hitler himself,
and became part of his personal collection. |
"Übergang am Oberrhein"
(Crossing the Upper Rhine) by Wilhelm Sauter, 1942 (initial attack on the Western Front on
10 May 1940; see other works below) |
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U-boat art by Richard Schreiber -
"Gegen Engeland" (Against England), 1942 |
"Wasserbomben" (Depth
Charges) by Richard Schreiber, 1944 |
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"Beschießung der
Westerplatte" (Bombardment of the Westerplatte) by Klaus Bergen, 1940. (These were
the first shots of World War II, when the battleship "Schleswig-Holstein" opened
fire on Polish military positions at the Westerplatte peninsula, Danzig, at 4:47 a.m. on
September 1, 1939.) |
"Übergang über den
Oberrhein" (Crossing the Upper Rhine) by Georg Lebrecht, 1941 |
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U-boat art by Klaus
Bergen - on the left, "Im Atlantik," 1942; on the right, "Von Feindfahrt
Zurück" (Return from Enemy Patrol), 1941 |
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"Im Kampfgebiet das
Atlantik" (In Battle Area Atlantic) by Klaus Bergen, 1941 |
"U-boot" by Adolf Bock,
1941 |
"Schlachtschiff Bismarck" by Claus
Bergen, 1941
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"Bomben über Engeland"
(Bombs over England) by Georg Lebrecht, 1941 |
"Nach
der Geleitzugschlacht" (After the Escorts Battle) by Richard
Schreiber, 1943 |
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"Meine Kameraden in Polen,
1939" (My Comrades in Poland) by Georg Siebert, 1940 |
"Vormarsch im Westen"
(Advance in the West) by Wilhelm Sauter, 1941 |
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"Der 10. Mai 1940" by
Paul Matthias Padua, 1941 (showing the initial attack on the Western Front) |
"Artillerie von Ost nach
West" (Artillery from East to West) by Eduard Thöny, 1940 |
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"Panzerspähmann" (Armor
Reconnaissance Crewman) by Ernst Kretschmann, 1941 |
"Kampf in
Warschau Vorstadt" (Battle in Warsaw Suburb) by Elk Eber, 1940 |
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"Pak im Kampf gegen
Panzer" (Anti-tank Gun in Action Against Tanks) by Herbert Schnürpel, 1941 |
"Panzer im Kampf" (Tanks
in Battle) by Rudplf Lipus, 1941 |
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"Auf Wacht für Europa"
(On Guard for Europe) by Franz Gebhardt-Westerbuchberg, 1942 |
"Abwehr" (Defence) by
Rudolf Lipus, 1943 |
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"Wacht im Osten"
(Guard in the East) by Emil Dielmann, 1943 |
"Grenadiere" by Will
Tschech, 1943 |
"Scharfschütze"
(Sniper) by Willy Hermann, 1943 |
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"Deutsche Artillerie auf dem
Vormarsch" (German Artillery in the Advance) by Rudolf Lipus |
"Sie fahren den Tod"
(They Carry Death) by Oskar Martin-Amorbach, 1942 |
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"Artillerie am Front"
(Artillery to the Front) by Eduard von Handel-Mazzetti, 1942 |
"Vorm feindlichen
Angriff" (Before the Enemy Attack) by Rudolf G. Werner, 1944 |
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"Kameraden" (Comrades)
by Richard Rudolph, 1943 (the soldier on the right is an Italian) |
"Kameraden" (Comrades)
by Will Tschech, 1940 |
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Three
works featuring soldiers of the Waffen-SS ... on the left is "Panzerbesatzung der
Waffen-SS" (Waffen-SS Tank Crew) by Ernst Krause (1943); center, "Gebirgsjäger
der Waffen-SS" (Mountain Trooper) by Paul Roloff (1944); right,
"Grenadiere" by Will Tschech (1943). |
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"Kämpfer" (Warriors) by
Rudolf Lipus, 1943 |
"Ein Meldegänger" (A
Messenger) by Elk Eber, 1939 |
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"Leutnant Matl" by Adolf
Lamprecht, 1944 |
"Kameradschaft" by
Helmut Ullrich, 1941 |
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"Der ewige Musketier"
(The Eternal Musketeer) by Wilhelm Sauter, 1940 |
"Kampfpause" (Rest from
Battle) by Rudolf Werner, 1942 (from the triptychon "Infanterie") |
"Errinerung an
Stalingrad" (Memory of Stalingrad) by Franz Eichhorst, 1943 |
"Heimkehr" (Homecoming) by Hans Adolf
Bühler, 1940
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