Degenerate art
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Degenerate art was a term adopted in the 1920s by the Nazi Party in Germany to describe modern art. During the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, German modernist art, including many works of international
Joseph Goebbels views the Degenerate Art Exhibition (1937).
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The Magdeburger Ehrenmal [de] (the Magdeburg cenotaph), by Ernst Barlach, was declared to be degenerate art due to the "deformity" and emaciation of the figures—corresponding to Nordau's theorized connection between "mental and physical degeneration".
A still from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Albert Gleizes, 1912, Landschaft bei Paris, Paysage près de Paris, Paysage de Courbevoie, missing from Hannover since 1937
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
Degenerate art
…pageantry. This exhibition, held at the palatial Haus der deutschen Kunst (House of German Art), displayed the work of officially approved artists such as Arno Breker and Adolf Wissel. At the end of four months Entartete Kunst had attracted over two million visitors, nearly three and a half times the number that…
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