Arno Breker- Wehrmacht # 792
In the end of 1937 or early 1938 Breker received the commission for two monumental figures to be placed in the forecourt of the "Neue Reichskanzlei". First they were titled "The Torch Bearer" and "The Sword Bearer". At the official opening of the "Neue Reichskanzlei" in January 1939, however, Hitler renamed them "Party" and "Wehrmacht".
Like "Party" this study, formerly titled
"The Sword Bearer", shows a strong resemblance in expression to the
later monumental figure.
Arno Breker, born on July 19th, 1900 in
Elberfeld, studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Hubert Netzer
between 1920 and 1925, worked in Paris between 1927 and 1933, and moved
to Berlin in 1933. In 1935 he received his first public commissions and
soon made a career for himself, his name almost becoming a synonym for
Third Reich art. No other artist in the Third Reich had such an
important politico-cultural position or received so many prestigious
commissions. Breker received all the funds for realizing his ideas, his
revenue was astronomically high. The sculptures "Party" and "Wehrmacht"
are probably Breker's best known works created during the Third Reich
period.
Photo Credits: Hermann Historica Auction# 50
Source: Hermann Historica
In the end of 1937 or early 1938 Breker received the commission for two monumental figures to be placed in the forecourt of the "Neue Reichskanzlei". First they were titled "The Torch Bearer" and "The Sword Bearer". At the official opening of the "Neue Reichskanzlei" in January 1939, however, Hitler renamed them "Party" and "Wehrmacht".
Like "Party" this study, formerly titled
"The Sword Bearer", shows a strong resemblance in expression to the
later monumental figure.
Arno Breker, born on July 19th, 1900 in
Elberfeld, studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Hubert Netzer
between 1920 and 1925, worked in Paris between 1927 and 1933, and moved
to Berlin in 1933. In 1935 he received his first public commissions and
soon made a career for himself, his name almost becoming a synonym for
Third Reich art. No other artist in the Third Reich had such an
important politico-cultural position or received so many prestigious
commissions. Breker received all the funds for realizing his ideas, his
revenue was astronomically high. The sculptures "Party" and "Wehrmacht"
are probably Breker's best known works created during the Third Reich
period.
Photo Credits: Hermann Historica Auction# 50
Source: Hermann Historica