Luitpold Adam

Luitpold Adam (1888–1950) was a German painter.

Adam was an official war artist during the First World War; and he was chosen by Adolf Hitler to be the head of the Nazi war artist program in the Second World War.[1] In 1944, the number of war artists working under him numbered 80.[2]

"Mädchen vor Weserlandschaft" by Luitpold Adam (1924)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ McCloskey, Barbara. (2005). Artists of World War II, p. 50.
  2. ^ Evans, Richard J. (2009). The Third Reich at War, p. 586., p. 586, at Google Books

References

  • Evans, Richard J. (2009). The Third Reich at War. New York:Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1-59420-206-3, ISBN 1-59420-206-0; OCLC 233549166
  • McCloskey, Barbara. (2005). Artists of World War II. Westport: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-32153-1, ISBN 978-0-313-32153-5; OCLC 475496457
  • Yenne, William P. German War Art 1939–1945. Greenwich, Connecticut: Bison Books. ISBN 0-86124-096-0, ISBN 978-0-86124-096-8; OCLC 263540107


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