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. In 1944, the number of war artists working under him numbered 80. • Illustration — "Mädchen vor Weserlandschaft" by Luitpold Adam (1924)
Luitpold Adam
Luitpold Adam · Public domain
- Born
- 1888 · Munich.
- Died
- 1950 · Frauenau.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor
- Languages
- German
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Luitpold Adam appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a painter and sculptor (1888 – 1950).
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- 1.McCloskey, Barbara. (2005). Artists of World War II, p. 50.
- 2.Evans, Richard J. (2009).
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