Paintings hung at the Berghof.

[pacifritz]

Now a shot of the southeast corner, with parts of the east and south walls.

Is it just me, or are subliminal swastikas built into the design of the overhanging ceiling wood panelling?

[Annelie]

s it just me, or are subliminal swastikas built into the design of the overhanging ceiling wood panelling?

Its quite a common design for a valted ceiling in the period and even now for a certain element of the
population whom have the money.

[Matt Gibbs]

I wonder how many portraits of Hitler's parents were done, if you include copies of an 'original'. Going by the various names of artists and the note somewhere that Hitler also did a version of his own from a photograph or small portrait there must be three or four?
Speer's researched footnotes in his autobiography quote Professor Knirr as one artist [also Knirr did some official portraits of Hitler and some stamp designs too].
Speer's text: - "After his early death an oil painting of Schreck hung in Hitler's private office at Obersalzberg side by side with one of his mother, there was none of his father".
Speer's chapter note :- "Both pictures were painted [from photographs] by Hitler's official painter Professor Knirr, whom Hitler always rewarded handsomely for his work. A photograph from a later period shows that Knirr was also commissioned to do a portrait of Hitler's father."
From the info re the auction of the paintings of Hitler's parents it may be that Speer was mistaken, or that Speer was not aware that other painting[s] might have been commissioned by Hitler. [trying to discredit Speer as 'wrong' seems flawed to me, since there seems to be reference to more than one portrait of Hitler's mother].
Johst apparently also did a portrait of Geli Raubal. [from Birgit Schwarz book Hitler und die Kunst]

http://books.google.de/books?id=QGiU-zv ... &q&f=false

[CPB]

After the fireplace, still on the south wall, is a painting that is pretty well known, and shows up well in period images (Item 9). This is sometimes called a Botticelli or a Titian, but it has been identified as Paris Bordone's "Venus et Amor" (although I believe the correct title should be "Venus et Cupid" ... but I don't really know anything about classical art.

I have read that this original piece still exists in a museum, maybe in Warsaw, but I haven't found a picture of it online.

Geoff

I stumbled across this painting today while researching something else. It hangs in the National Museum of Warsaw, and still looks to be in the same frame as when it was hung in the Berghof [if that B&W photo is from that period].

[Biber]

Such a shame that images earlier in this thread have been lost.

[Johnnyrocket]

I wonder how many portraits of Hitler's parents were done, if you include copies of an 'original'. Going by the various names of artists and the note somewhere that Hitler also did a version of his own from a photograph or small portrait there must be three or four?
Speer's researched footnotes in his autobiography quote Professor Knirr as one artist [also Knirr did some official portraits of Hitler and some stamp designs too].
Speer's text: - "After his early death an oil painting of Schreck hung in Hitler's private office at Obersalzberg side by side with one of his mother, there was none of his father".
Speer's chapter note :- "Both pictures were painted [from photographs] by Hitler's official painter Professor Knirr, whom Hitler always rewarded handsomely for his work. A photograph from a later period shows that Knirr was also commissioned to do a portrait of Hitler's father."
From the info re the auction of the paintings of Hitler's parents it may be that Speer was mistaken, or that Speer was not aware that other painting[s] might have been commissioned by Hitler. [trying to discredit Speer as 'wrong' seems flawed to me, since there seems to be reference to more than one portrait of Hitler's mother].
Johst apparently also did a portrait of Geli Raubal. [from Birgit Schwarz book Hitler und die Kunst]

http://books.google.de/books?id=QGiU-zv ... &q&f=false

Sure looks like the same painting.

[Geoff Walden]

Thanks, Chris, that's much better than the version I had found online after I had posted that comment back then. Christa Schroeder reported that this and other Berghof paintings were taken by the SS to Altaussee in Austria just as the OSB was being abandoned by the Germans. How it ended up in Warsaw, I don't know. The other paintings taken to Altaussee presumably included Feuerbach's "Nana" and the other original Berghof artworks that still survive.

[BillHermann]

Isn't it ironic that this Jewish American man who is selling the paintings says

This is representing a very important and relevant part of our human history," he said.

yet there is no qualms when destroying buildings like the Berghof which had more than the photos
was an important and relevant part of the history of the time?

What a strange thing to say, it was bombed by the allies then torched before the arrival of the allies. It was gutted and some how the empty shell should have been rebuilt? Why and who would pay or would a gutted house of Hitler be fine. It was a good idea to tear it down.

On the other hand it always bugged me that they tore down the General Walker. Having been there a number of times it would have been nice if they kept it as a hotel.

[Br. James]

This is a wonderful and interesting thread, friends; exciting to walk through! As aside information -- which I'm sure all know -- the Gobelin tapestry (item 1) behind the seating arrangement on the east wall was drawn aside in the evenings in order to expose the projection windows used to show films in the Great Hall. The opposing Gobelin tapestry (item 14) on the west wall behind the Bechstein grand piano was also pulled aside to provide a blank wall on which to display the films. This feature must have made for quite a comfortable site for an evening's viewing and for socialization, and on a warm summer's night the lowering of the great window would have made the room delightful.

Br. James

[Jade2014]

Hi there, long time no see...
On some pictures you can see a round
painting above the fireplace in the great hall.
What was it, and is there anyone who
have a clear picture of it?

[Geoff Walden]

Hi Jade2014, welcome back!

That painting was a "Madonna and Child" by Giuliano Bugiardini. It is also now in the National Museum in Warsaw.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my friends at AHF! I hope 2018 is a great year for all!

Geoff

[Jade2014]

Again a mystery is solved...
Thanks Geoff, best wishes for you too!

[Br. James]

Back at 'ya, Geoff, and the same to all here!

Br. James

[Nipper]

Next came a bronze bust of Dietrich Eckart on a pedestal (Item 11). Here is a period view of the original. Supposedly, this work still exists in a collection in England, but doubt has been cast on its authenticity (I won't go into that here - I have no part of that debate.)

Geoff

It seems that this work (whether the original or not) has been recently offered on sale. Certainly the granite base differs from the one depicted in the original photo.

More details at https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auct ... lotDetails