Adolf Wamper
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Adolf Wamper was a German sculptor. Most of his works were figural, with some in an abstract realist style. During the 1930s he produced monumental sculptures for the Nazi régime; after World War II h
Adolf Wamper at work, 1940
Entrance to the Waldbühne on the 1936 Olympic grounds in Berlin, with Wamper's relief sculptures
Rüttenscheid Market Fountain
Monument to 1963 German Gymnastics Festival in Essen
Arno Breker
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Arno Breker was a German sculptor who is best known for his public works in Nazi Germany, where he was endorsed by the authorities as the antithesis of degenerate art. He was made official state sculp
Adolf Wamper
…Summer Olympics. On the left, representing Fatherland Celebration, male nudes hold a sword and a spear, a pairing that was to be used more famously by Arno Breker; on the right, representing Artistic Celebration, female nudes hold a laurel wreath and a lyre. The intent was to show the kinship between ancient Greek…
Breker in the 1930s
Adolf Hitler in Paris, 1940, with Albert Speer (left) and Arno Breker (right)
Arno Breker modelling a portrait of Albert Speer in 1940
Arno Breker's Grave in Düsseldorf