Is it know which one surviced the war and which got burned in the bombings? I am sure Bormann had everything secured in hiding at the slightest danger of air attack?
Is it know which one surviced the war and which got burned in the bombings? I am sure Bormann had everything secured in hiding at the slightest danger of air attack?
Most (if not all) of the paintings from the Berghof / Great Hall were removed before the ending of the war and stored in the air raid tunnels.
Hitler's secretary Christa Schroeder was a key figure in saving most of the items (paintings and personal objects). She shipped them to an SS storage location at Schloß Fischhorn, Pinzgau.
Bordone's "Venus et Amor", Pannini's “Roman Ruins” and Feuerbach’s "Nanna" were amongst them.
When she was “arrested” in Mannheim she was in the possession of “Nanna”. The painting was taken from her and went to the Allied Art Collection Point in Wiesbaden. Today hangs in the wall of the Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte in Dortmund.
I know the two bronze horses (by Josef Thorak) were "re-found" in 2014 and a long investigation followed.
So, the art world still has a lot of stuff for sale on the quiet, but don't tell any one
Last edited by The Devil's Bank; 05-15-2021 at 08:15 PM.
Ah, the famous Chancellery horses !
Yes, a long "grey" story...
Here's some pics of the statues
And a link to the story at the NY times
Sleuth Work Leads to Discovery of Art Beloved by Hitler - The New York Times
Last edited by JMM; 05-12-2021 at 03:30 PM.
just fascinating!! keep them comming.
"Hitler's Horses" by Arthur Brand, is a great book about the investigation..
Well worth a read.
Just a pity they don't do miniature ones, I'd have a pair straight away..
I second that!
Somehow, I never pictured Hitler as a horse person.
gregM
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I was addicted to the "Hokey-Pokey" but I've turned
myself around.
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