Hilter loved the art of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (15 January 1793 in Vienna – 23 August 1865 in Hinterbrühl, Austria). Waldmüller was a Nazi favourite. So much so that in examining the provenances of Waldmüller art acquired after 1933, one can reasonably wonder :
How likely is it that this Waldmüller did not pass through Nazi hands?
In this post we try to get a sense of what is known (and not known) about the provenance of artworks attributed to Waldmüller.
The aim is an overview, context, a starting point for further more detailed probing.
The hope? That by targeting this painter who counted Hitler among his biggest fans we might get a sense of the networks of Nazi looters, dealers, middlemen and whitewashers involved in transferring Waldmüller's art from Jewish to non-Jewish owners in the 20th century.
(Why say 20th century instead of Nazi-era 1933-1945?Because the transfers continued after the end of the war. By some measure, in fact, they may only have just begun in 1945.)
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Wikidata Query for Waldmüller paintings (image grid)
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#Paintings by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
#Paintings by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
#defaultView:ImageGrid
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?collection ?collectionLabel ?pic
WHERE
{
?item wdt:P31 wd:Q3305213;
wdt:P170 wd:Q186816;
wdt:P195 ?collection .
optional {?item wdt:P18 ?pic .}
}
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Wikidata Query for Waldmüller paintings in Collections (graph)
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#Paintings by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
#defaultView:Graph
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?collection ?collectionLabel ?pic
WHERE
{
?item wdt:P31 wd:Q3305213;
wdt:P170 wd:Q186816;
wdt:P195 ?collection .
optional {?item wdt:P18 ?pic .}
#optional {?item wdt:P973 ?url .}
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
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