JSC
WEIMAR, Germany (Reuters) -
Sturdy blonde maidens toiling in the
fields and muscular mythological
figures feature heavily in Adolf
Hitler's art collection, which goes
on public display for the first time
Sunday.
The Nazi leader's favorite works of
art are being shown in the eastern
city of Weimar, Europe's City of
Culture in 1999, as part of an
exhibition called "The Rise and Fall
of the Modern."
Exhibition organizers say the Fuehrer's taste in paintings, which also ran to
rustic depictions of traditional German life, flora and fauna scenes and
wholesome mother and child paintings, showed his interest in "a kind of
anti-art."
The exhibition will not show works of explicit propaganda, such as paintings
of senior Nazis or war scenes, as most of these remain locked in a military
depot in Washington.
Hitler, who was himself interested in becoming an artist and failed repeatedly
to gain entrance to Vienna's art college as a young man, collected the 120
paintings by some 90 artists between 1937 and 1944.
The Nazi art is being exhibited in what was formerly known as the "People's
Community Hall," part of the "Gauforums," which were forums erected by
the Nazis as showpieces for the different Nazi regions.
___________________________________________________________ ARE YOU A FREELANCE WRITER? Then you should be a member of the NATIONAL WRITERS UNION! The only labor union committed to improving the economic and working conditions of all freelance writers. For more information visit our web site <http://www.nwu.org>, call (212) 254-0279, or email <nwu at nwu.org>.