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

• War artist
• List of German painters

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