Georg Kolbe
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Georg Kolbe was a German sculptor. He was the leading German figure sculptor of his generation, in a vigorous, modern, simplified classical style similar to Aristide Maillol of France.
Georg Kolbe
Dawn (Der Morgen) photographed in situ at the reconstructed Barcelona Pavilion
Crouching Japanese Woman (1911) Albertinum, Dresden
Modern Architecture in Berlin from 1928/29, Bildarchiv GKM, Photo Duch
Gottbegnadeten list
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The Gottbegnadeten-Liste was a 36-page list of artists considered crucial to National Socialist culture. The list was assembled in September 1944 by Joseph Goebbels, the head of the Ministry of Public
Georg Kolbe
…was given to Hitler as a birthday present the same year. In 1944, in the final stages of World War II, Hitler and Joseph Goebbels included Kolbe in the Gottbegnadeten list of the twelve most important visual artists. Only after Kolbe's death, a Beethoven monument (1926−47) and the Ring der Statuen were installed in Frankfurt…
Friedrich Kayßler, one of the "irreplaceable actors" on the list
Sculptor Arno Breker
Actor Heinrich Schroth
Writer Hans Grimm