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Lot 3176: Professor Adolf Ziegler (1892 - 1959)

Est: €7,500 EUR - €15,000 EURSold:
Hermann Historica GmbHGrasbrunn / Munich, GermanyOctober 15, 2010

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Mädchen mit Früchtekörben
Öl auf Holz mit einer, für Ziegler typischen, detailverliebten allegorischen Darstellung einer bäuerlichen Schönheit während der Ernte vor herbstlicher Hügelkulisse. Rechts unten sign. "A. Ziegler". Im vergoldeten Stuckrahmen 95 x 107 cm.
Professor Adolf Ziegler. 1911 - 24 Studium an der Kunstakademie in Weimar, 1925 Eintritt in die NSDAP, dort Sachbearbeiter für bildende Kunst, 1936 - 43 Präsident der Reichskammer der Bildenden Künste in der Reichskulturkammer. Als einer der Lieblingsmaler Hitlers und führender Vertreter der Blut-und-Boden-Kunst regelmäßig auf den Großen Deutschen Kunstausstellungen im Münchner Haus der Kunst vertreten.
Girl with Fruit Baskets
Oil on wood with a detailed allegorical portrayal, typical of Ziegler, of a peasant beauty during the autumn harvest in front of hilly scenery. Signed "A. Ziegler" at the lower right. In a gilded plaster frame 95 x 107 cm.
Professor Adolf Ziegler studied from 1911 - 1924 at the Art Academy in Weimar. In 1925 he joined the NSDAP, and became their expert on visual arts. From 1936 - 43, he was president of the National Chamber for the Visual Arts in the National Chamber for Culture. As one of Hitler's favorite painters and a leading representative of the "blood-and-soil" school, he was shown regularly in the Great German Art Exhibitions at the Munich House of Art.

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Auction Details

German Historical Collectibles 1919 to the Present

by
Hermann Historica GmbH
October 15, 2010, 10:00 AM CET

Bretonischer Ring 3, Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, 85630, DE