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Adolf Ziegler

German Nazi painter (1892-1959) · Germany · On the map · Artists · Died at 66

Adolf Ziegler was a German painter and politician. He was tasked by the Nazi Party to oversee the purging of what the NSDAP described as "degenerate art", by most of the German modernist artists.

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Ziegler's triptych painting, The Four Elements, hung above the mantel in Hitler's Munich apartment.-he was, reputedly, Adolf Hitler's "favourite painter".

Country
Germany
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1959 · aged 66