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The Haus der Deutschen Kunst (House of German Art) was built in a park-like setting just northeast of the Feldherrnhalle in downtown München (Munich) on the orders of Adolf Hitler, to replace the Crystal Palace Gallery which had been destroyed by fire in 1931. It was built under the direction of Professor Paul Ludwig Troost who died before it was finished. The building on Prinzregentenstraße was completed by his young widow, Gerdie Troost with the help of her associate professor Leonhard Gall in 1937. Each year the work of German artists from Germany and abroad was showcased at the House of German Art.
This offering is the official, full exhibition catalog for the Grosse Deutsche Kunstausstellung (Greater German Art Exhibition) that opened in July 1939 at the House of German Art in central München, Germany.
The 196-page, 5-7/8 x 8-1/4 inch heavily illustrated softcover book begins with a portrait of the Führer followed by a picture of and multi-color floor plans of the Haus der Deutschen Kunst. That is followed by a written overview of the building and a directory of each of the artists and the works being exhibited.
The next 80 pages are reproductions of the principal works of the exhibition (busts, nudes, heroic sculptures, landscapes, etc.) one to a page. There is a Franz Triebsch painting of Adolf Hitler, a Conrad Hommel painting of Hermann Göring in hunting attire, a Walter Einbeck painting of Reichsminister Rudolf Hess, a Leo Samberger painting of Gauleiter Adolf Wagner, a Fritz Erler painting of famous artist Josef Thorak, as well as art by Arno Breker, Wolf Willrich, Richard Klein, Sepp Hilz, Kurt Schmid-Ehmen, Julius Paul Junghanns, Eduard Thöny, Elk Eber, Josef Wackerle, Fritz Klimsch, Sepp Hilz, Paul Hermann, and many others.
The next 80 pages are reproductions of the principal works of the exhibition (busts, nudes, heroic sculptures, landscapes, etc.) one to a page. There is a Franz Triebsch painting of Adolf Hitler, a Conrad Hommel painting of Hermann Göring in hunting attire, a Walter Einbeck painting of Reichsminister Rudolf Hess, a Leo Samberger painting of Gauleiter Adolf Wagner, a Fritz Erler painting of famous artist Josef Thorak, as well as art by Arno Breker, Wolf Willrich, Richard Klein, Sepp Hilz, Kurt Schmid-Ehmen, Julius Paul Junghanns, Eduard Thöny, Elk Eber, Josef Wackerle, Fritz Klimsch, Sepp Hilz, Paul Hermann, and many others.
The last 20 pages contain advertising from Rodenstock optical company, Indanthren, SS Allach, ALA, Rosenthal, Majolika and Nymphenburg Porzellan, the Leipzig Messe, Allianz, Deutsche Reichspost, the Stuttgart Garden Show, Heinrich Hoffmann Studio, art dealers, furniture makers, artist supplies, banks, insurance companies, beer breweries and hotels.
This 75+ year old art exhibition guide book is complete and in very good, little-used condition.
USM book #232 |
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Also for sale on USMBOOKS.com, additional catalogs to the Greater
German
Art Exhibitions for the years 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, and 1944 and original heavily illustrated Nazi art magazines.
Shown left is an original
4-panel brochure produced by the Munich Tourist Office and distributed to hotels and restaurants to try to interest tourists to visit the 1939 Greater German Art Exhibition in the House of German Art during their stay in the Capital of the Nazi Movement.
NAZI 1939 HOUSE OF GERMAN ART EXHIBITION CATALOG
THE COMPLETE HEAVILY ILLUSTRATED NAZI MUNICH GREATER GERMAN ART EXHIBITION CATALOG
FOR 1939
FOR 1939
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