Art in the German Empire

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The art in the German Empire was the most important art magazine in the time of National Socialism . It appeared since January 1937 as Die Kunst im Third Reich and was named Die Kunst im Deutschen Reich from 1939 . It appeared monthly until September 1944; partly in double sequences, e.g. B. on the occasion of the Great German Art Exhibition .

variants

There were two editions:

  • Edition A contained articles and photographs on graphics, painting and sculpture.
  • Issue B comprised both the articles from Issue A and a special section for architecture - this was called "The Art of Architecture".

Changes

The first six issues appeared in a small format. From the double episode July / August 1937, the magazine was published in an oversized format of approx. 28 × 35 cm. From 1937 up to and including the August 1939 edition, the newspaper was published under the title “The Art of the Third Reich”.

The last edition was the double episode August / September 1944. This was also preceded by a double episode (June / July 1944). It is interesting that on both cover sheets, the later month was added separately, probably afterwards - probably due to the war situation.

imprint

The magazine was published by Alfred Rosenberg as the Führer’s agent for the supervision of the entire intellectual and ideological training and education of the NSDAP and appeared in the Munich party publisher of the NSDAP, the Franz-Eher-Verlag . The main editor-in-chief was the art journalist Robert Scholz , and from 1943 also head of the special staff for the fine arts in Reichsleiter Rosenberg's operational staff .

content

Each booklet had around 30 to 60 pages, with an abundance of numerous mostly full-page and partly colored illustrations, often illustrated in color. The magazine's permanent artistic advisors were Fritz Todt , Albert Speer , Richard Klein and Leonhard Gall .

The contemporary so-called German art and also that of the allied nations were dealt with. Only the "statecraft" of the time was mentioned. Many reports were devoted to the sculptures by Arno Breker and Josef Thorak in particular . The Great German Art Exhibition was reported in detail in a double episode.

In the architecture section there was a detailed report on the transformation of Berlin into the world capital Germania . The magazine contains numerous photos of designs and models by Hitler's state architect Albert Speer .

literature

  • Robert Thoms: The artists of the Great German Art Exhibition Munich 1937–1944. Completely revised, corrected and supplemented edition. With a chronological overview of the contents of the magazine Die Kunst im Deutschen Reich. Berlin 2018. ISBN 978-3-937294-09-4